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Yellow-rumped tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall, 1850)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a species in the family Lybiidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 12.6 g to 13.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
Photo: Ngaiognome · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-rumped tinkerbird

Weight
12.6 g – 13.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.75 – 3src 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-rumped tinkerbird live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-rumped tinkerbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (African barbets), which is native to the moist tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-rumped tinkerbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-rumped_tinkerbird&oldid=1380729098), 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-rumped tinkerbird endangered?

The yellow-rumped 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-rumped tinkerbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyLybiidae
  6. genusPogoniulus
  7. SpeciesPogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall, 1850)

Synonyms Megalaema bilineata, Microbucco bilineata, Micropogonius bilineata

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • Golden-rumped tinker barbetEnglish
  • Golden-rumped tinkerbirdEnglish
  • Yellow-rumped tinker barbetEnglish
  • YRTIEnglish
  • SwartblestinkerAfrikaans
  • بربيت أصفر المؤخرةArabic
  • barbudet de carpó grocCatalan
  • vousák žlutokostřecovýCzech
  • vousáček žlutokostřečnýCzech
  • tincer tinfelynWelsh
  • Gulgumpet TinkerfuglDanish
  • Orangegumpet TinkerfuglDanish
  • GoldbürzelbartvogelGerman
  • Goldbürzel-BartvogelGerman
  • Goldbürzel-ZwergbärtlingGerman
  • flavpuga barbuletoEsperanto
  • Barbudito culigualdoSpanish
  • välu-udelindEstonian
  • kultaperäseppäFinnish
  • Barbion a croupion jauneFrench
  • Barbion à croupion jauneFrench
  • prugastoglavi barbetCroatian
  • sárgahátú bádogosmadárHungarian
  • Barbettino groppagiallaItalian
  • キゴシヒメゴシキドリJapanese
  • geltonpilvis skardžiusLithuanian
  • WitborstketellapperDutch
  • GeelstuitketellapperDutch
  • gulgumpkobberslagerNorwegian
  • wąsaczek żółtorzytnyPolish
  • barbadinho-de-uropígio-limãoPortuguese
  • barbadinho-d'uropígio-amareloPortuguese
  • barbadinho-de-rabadilha-limãoPortuguese
  • Златогузый медникRussian
  • Двухполосый медникRussian
  • fuzáň bielobradýSlovak
  • Žutoleđi kovač barbetSerbian
  • gulgumpad dvärgbarbettSwedish
  • Küçük Maskeli Cüce BarbetTurkish
  • барбіон золотогузийUkrainian
  • 金腰捕鴷Chinese
  • 金腰小拟啄木鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-rumped 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-rumped tinkerbird?

An adult yellow-rumped tinkerbird weighs 12.6 g – 13.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-rumped tinkerbird endangered?

The yellow-rumped 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-rumped tinkerbird?

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

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

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

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_rumped_tinkerbird_2026,
  title = {Yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-rumped-tinkerbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}