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Definition of tinkerbird in English: tinkerbirdnounˈtɪŋkəbəːd A small African barbet with a monotonous metallic call like a hammer striking an anvil, repeated for long periods. Genus Pogonulus, family Capitonidae: several species. Alternative name: tinker barbet Example sentencesExamples - Also located in this exhibit is an African aviary, home to exotic birds, such as the yellow-rumped tinkerbirds and amethyst starlings.
- Fruit-eating birds include orioles, hornbills, and tinkerbirds, which fill the forest air with their metallic calls.
- We stayed in a comfortable log cabin under the forest canopy and saw new birds from our stoep - golden rumped tinker barbets, white eared barbets, purple crested louries, yellowbreasted apalis and golden rumped woodpeckers.
- There are 43 species of barbets and tinkerbirds that span the African continent from south of the Sahara.
- Kruwa has fruit trees that in season draw many greenbuls, barbets, tinkerbirds, hornbills, and other birds.
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