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Yellow-fronted tinkerbird

Pogoniulus chrysoconus (Temminck, 1832)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a species in the family Lybiidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 10.8 g to 13 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-fronted tinkerbird

Weight
10.8 g – 13 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-fronted tinkerbird live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet. It is sometimes considered conspecific with its southern counterpart, the red-fronted tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus. Barbets are birds with bristles around the base of the bill and a world-wide tropical distribution.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-fronted tinkerbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-fronted_tinkerbird&oldid=1377433158), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird endangered?

The yellow-fronted tinkerbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyLybiidae
  6. genusPogoniulus
  7. SpeciesPogoniulus chrysoconus (Temminck, 1832)

Synonyms Bucco chrysoconus

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Yellow-fronted tinker barbetEnglish
  • YFTIEnglish
  • GeelblestinkerAfrikaans
  • Geelbles-tinkerAfrikaans
  • بربيت أصفر الجبهةArabic
  • barbudet de front grocCatalan
  • vousák zlatočelýCzech
  • vousáček zlatočelýCzech
  • tincer talcenfelynWelsh
  • Gulpandet TinkerfuglDanish
  • GelbstirnbartvogelGerman
  • Gelbstirn-BartvogelGerman
  • Gelbstirn-ZwergbärtlingGerman
  • flavafrunta barbuletoEsperanto
  • Barbudito frentigualdoSpanish
  • Barbudo de Frente AmarillaSpanish
  • kuldlaup-udelindEstonian
  • keltaotsaseppäFinnish
  • Barbion du CapFrench
  • Barbion à front jauneFrench
  • žutočeli barbetCroatian
  • aranyhomlokú bádogosmadárHungarian
  • Barbettino frontegiallaItalian
  • キビタイヒメゴシキドリJapanese
  • geltonkaktis skardžiusLithuanian
  • GulpannekobberslagerNorwegian Bokmål
  • GeelvoorhoofdketellapperDutch
  • gullpannekobberslagerNorwegian
  • wąsaczek żółtoczelnyPolish
  • barbadinho-de-testa-amarelaPortuguese
  • barbadinho-de-fronte-amarelaPortuguese
  • Желтолобый медникRussian
  • fuzáň žltočelýSlovak
  • Žutočeli kovač barbetSerbian
  • gulpannad dvärgbarbettSwedish
  • Sarı Alınlı Cüce BarbetTurkish
  • барбіон жовтолобийUkrainian
  • 黃額捕鴷Chinese
  • 黄额小拟啄木鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-fronted tinkerbird

Other species in the same genus Pogoniulus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird?

An adult yellow-fronted tinkerbird weighs 10.8 g – 13 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird endangered?

The yellow-fronted tinkerbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird?

The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) belongs to the family Lybiidae in the order Piciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-fronted-tinkerbird

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_fronted_tinkerbird_2026,
  title = {Yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-fronted-tinkerbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}