List of honeyguides
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Honeyguides are birds in the family Indicatoridae in the order Piciformes. There are currently 16 extant species of honeyguides recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union.
Conventions
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Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the honeyguide's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.
This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List. Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN{{efn|The IUCN follows the taxonomy proposed by the HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist.}} or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).
Classification
The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) recognises 16 species of honeyguides in four genera. This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.
Family Indicatoridae
- Genus Prodotiscus: three species
- Genus Melignomon: two species
- Genus Indicator: ten species
- Genus Melichneutes: one species
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Honeyguides
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Prodotiscus |authority-name=Sundevall |authority-year=1850 |species-count=3 |no-ecology=yes}}
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|name=Cassin's honeybird |binomial=P. insignis
|image=File:IndicatorEminiKeulemans, crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Cassin |authority-year=1856 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| P. i. flavodorsalis
| P. i. insignis
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|range=West and Central Africa |range-image=File:Prodotiscus insignis map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
}}
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|name=Green-backed honeybird |binomial=P. zambesiae
|image=File:Prodotiscus zambesiae, Cuito-rivier, Birding Weto, a.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Shelley |authority-year=1894
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| P. z. ellenbecki
| P. z. zambesiae
| P. z. lathburyi
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|range=Southern and East Africa |range-image=File:Prodotiscus zambesiae map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}
}}
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|name=Brown-backed honeybird |binomial=P. regulus
|image=File:Wahlberg's Honeyguide (Prodotiscus regulus)2.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sundevall |authority-year=1850
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| P. r. camerunensis
| P. r. regulus
}}
|range=Widely throughout Africa |range-image=File:Prodotiscus regulus map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{increase|Population increasing}}
}}
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{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Melignomon |authority-name=Reichenow |authority-year=1898 |species-count=2 |no-ecology=yes}}
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|name=Zenker's honeyguide |binomial=M. zenkeri
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Reichenow |authority-year=1898
|range=Central Africa |range-image=File:Melignomon zenkeri map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{Population change unknown}}
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|name=Yellow-footed honeyguide |binomial=M. eisentrauti
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Louette |authority-year=1981
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
}}
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{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Indicator |authority-name=Stephens |authority-year=1815 |species-count=10 |no-ecology=yes}}
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|name=Dwarf honeyguide |binomial=I. pumilio
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Chapin |authority-year=1958
|range=Central Africa |range-image=File:Indicator pumilio map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
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|name=Willcock's honeyguide |binomial=I. willcocksi
|image=File:Indicator willcocksi.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Alexander |authority-year=1901
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| I. w. ansorgei
| I. w. willcocksi
| I. w. hutsoni
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|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
}}
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|name=Pallid honeyguide |binomial=I. meliphilus
|image=File:Pallid Honeyguide.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Oberholser |authority-year=1905 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| I. m. meliphilus
| I. m. angolensis
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|range=Southern and East Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
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|name=Least honeyguide |binomial=I. exilis
|image=File:Indicator exilis.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Cassin |authority-year=1856 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| I. e. poensis
| I. e. exilis
| I. e. pachyrhynchus
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|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{Population change unknown}}
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|name=Lesser honeyguide |binomial=I. minor
|image=File:2007 09 22 Lesser Honeyguide.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Stephens |authority-year=1815
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Eight subspecies |bullets=on
| I. m. ussheri
| I. m. conirostris
| I. m. senegalensis
| I. m. riggenbachi
| I. m. diadematus
| I. m. teitensis
| I. m. damarensis
| I. m. minor
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|range=Widely throughout Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}
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|name=Spotted honeyguide |binomial=I. maculatus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gray, G. R. |authority-year=1847
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| I. m. maculatus
| I. m. stictithorax
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|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
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|name=Scaly-throated honeyguide |binomial=I. variegatus
|image=File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Indicator variegatus).jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lesson, R. P. |authority-year=1830
|range=Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}
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|name=Yellow-rumped honeyguide |binomial=I. xanthonotus
|image=File:Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Pabyuk-Naitam Sikkim March 2019, crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1842
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| I. x. radcliffii
| I. x. xanthonotus
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|range=Northwestern India to northern Myanmar |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
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|name=Malaysian honeyguide |binomial=I. archipelagicus
|image=File:Indicator archipelagicus 1838, crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Temminck |authority-year=1832
|range=Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}
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|name=Greater honeyguide |binomial=I. indicator
|image=File:Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) (45663851145), crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sparrman |authority-year=1777 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Widely throughout Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{increase|Population increasing}}
}}
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{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Melichneutes |authority-name=Reichenow |authority-year=1910 |species-count=1 |no-ecology=yes}}
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|name=Lyre-tailed honeyguide |binomial=M. robustus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Bates |authority-year=1909 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}
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Notes
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References
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