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title: "Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird"
description: "Pogoniulus chrysoconus — Birds. The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-fronted-tinkerbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

> Pogoniulus chrysoconus — Birds. The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet.

- Scientific name: *Pogoniulus chrysoconus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 712
- Wikidata: [Q592146](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592146)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117062](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117062)

## Names

- en: Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
- de: Gelbstirnbartvogel
- es: Barbudo de Frente Amarilla
- fr: Barbion à front jaune
- nl: Geelvoorhoofdketellapper
- pt: Barbadinho-de-testa-amarela
- pl: Wąsaczek żółtoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (163), GM (98), ZW (49), UG (48), ZM (39), GH (32), NG (32), SN (23), ET (21), BF (20), BJ (20), MW (19)

## Summary

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 near passerine birds with bristles around the base of the bill and a world-wide tropical distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-fronted_tinkerbird

## Photo

![Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-fronted-tinkerbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169009650

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-fronted-tinkerbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).