Belongs within: Lybiidae.
Pogoniulus, tinkerbirds, is an African genus of small barbets with spotted and striped markings.
Pogoniulus Lafresnaye 1844M02
| i. s.: P. leucomystax (Sharpe 1892) (see below for synonymy)SH02
| P. makawaiJT12
| P. simplex (Fischer & Reichenow 1884) (see below for synonymy)SH02
| P. subsulphureus (Fraser 1843) [=Bucco subsulphureus]SH02
| |--P. s. subsulphureusSH02
| |--P. s. chrysopygus (Shelley 1889)SH02 [=Barbatula chrysopygaM-PG70]
| `--P. s. flavimentum (Verreux & Verreaux 1851)SH02 [=Barbatula flavimentumM-PG70]
|--P. coryphaeus (Reichenow 1892)JT12, SH02 [=Barbatula coryphaeaSH02, Viridibucco coryphaeusSH02]
| |--P. c. coryphaeusSH02
| |--P. c. angolensis (Boulton 1931)SH02
| |--P. c. hildamariae (Sclater 1930)SH02
| `--‘Viridibucco coryphaea’ jacksoni Sclater 1930 non Barbatula jacksoni Sharpe 1897M-PG70
`--+--P. bilineatus (Sundevall 1850)JT12, SH02 [=Megalaema bilineataSH02]
| |--P. b. bilineatus [incl. P. deceptor, P. oreonesus, P. riparium, P. rovumensis]SH02
| |--P. b. fischeri (Reichenow 1880) [incl. P. conciliator, P. pallidus]SH02
| |--P. b. jacksoni (Sharpe 1897)SH02 [=Barbatula jacksoniM-PG70; incl. P. aliusSH02, P. bilineatus kandtiM-PG70]
| |--P. b. leucolaimus (Verreaux & Verreaux 1851)SH02 (see below for synonymy)
| |--P. b. mfumbiri (Ogilvie-Grant 1907) [incl. P. bilineatus urungensisM-PG70, SH02]
| `--P. b. poensis (Alexander 1908)SH02 [=Barbatula poensisM-PG70]
`--+--P. atroflavus (Sparrman 1798)JT12, SH02 [=Bucco atroflavusSH02; incl. P. erythronotosSH02]
`--+--P. scolopaceus (Bonaparte 1850)JT12, SH02 (see below for synonymy)
| |--P. s. scolopaceusSH02
| |--P. s. flavisquamatus (Verreaux & Verreaux 1855)SH02 (see below for synonymy)
| `--P. s. stellatus (Jardine & Fraser 1852)SH02 [=Bucco stellatusM-PG70]
`--+--P. chrysoconus (Temminck 1832)JT12, SH02 [=Bucco chrysoconusSH02]
| |--P. c. chrysoconus (see below for synonymy)SH02
| |--P. c. extoni (Layard 1871)B93 (see below for synonymy)
| `--P. c. xanthostictus (Blundell & Lovat 1899) [incl. P. chrysoconus schoanus]SH02
`--P. pusillus (Dumont 1816)JT12, SH02 [=Bucco pusillusSH02; incl. P. eupterusSH02]
|--P. p. pusillusSH02
|--P. p. affinis (Reichenow 1879)SH02
`--P. p. uropygialis (Heuglin 1862)SH02
Pogoniulus bilineatus leucolaimus (Verreaux & Verreaux 1851)SH02 [=Barbatula leucolaimaM-PG70; incl. P. nyansaeSH02, P. sharpeiSH02, Barbatula leucolaima togoensis Neumann 1907M-PG70, P. leucolaima togoensisM-PG70, SH02]
Pogoniulus chrysoconus chrysoconus (Temminck 1832) [incl. P. chrysoconus centralis, P. chrysoconus schubotzi, P. chrysoconus zedlitzi]SH02
Pogoniulus chrysoconus extoni (Layard 1871)B93 [=Barbatula extoniB93; incl. P. chrysoconus mayri White 1946M-PG70, P. chrysoconus rhodesiaeSH02]
Pogoniulus leucomystax (Sharpe 1892) [=Barbatula leucomystax, Viridibucco leucomystax; incl. Pogoniulus leucomystax chyulu]SH02
Pogoniulus scolopaceus flavisquamatus (Verreaux & Verreaux 1855)SH02 [=Barbatula flavisquamatusM-PG70; incl. Xylobucco aloysii Salvadori 1906M-PG70, Pogoniulus scolopaceus aloysiiM-PG70, SH02, P. scolopaceus angolensis Bannerman 1933 non P. coryphaeus angolensis (Boulton 1931)M-PG70, P. soclopaceus consobrinusM-PG70, P. scolopaceus flavior Ripley 1945SH02, M-PG70, SH02]
Pogoniulus scolopaceus (Bonaparte 1850)JT12, SH02 [=Xylobucco scolopaceusSH02; incl. P. scolopaceus friedmanni Bannerman 1933 (n. n.)M-PG70]
Pogoniulus simplex (Fischer & Reichenow 1884) [=Barbatula simplex, Viridibucco simplex; incl. Pogoniulus simplex hylodytes]SH02
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B93] Brooke, R. K. 1993. Annotated catalogue of the Aves type specimens in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 102 (10): 327–349.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[M-PG70] Mackworth-Praed, C. W., & C. H. B. Grant. 1970. African Handbook of Birds ser. 3 vol. 1. Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Longman: London.
[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.
[SH02] Short, L. L., & J. F. M. Horne. 2002. Family Capitonidae (barbets). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 7. Jacamars to Woodpeckers pp. 140–219. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.