Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeybird

Prodotiscus insignis

The Cassin's Honeybird (Prodotiscus insignis) is a 10 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Honeyguides

Order

Piciformes

Weight

10 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

16

Recorded in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Liberia, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Eq. Guinea, Guinea, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia.

Where to see it: Tombingo Forest (Angola); Rumangabo ICCN Camp & Mikeno Lodge and trails (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Atewa Range · upland forest & ridge (Ghana); Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary (Ghana); Gola Rainforest NP · North (Sierra Leone).