Honeyguides

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

The Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a 50 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Honeyguides

Order

Piciformes

Weight

50 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Nigeria, Zambia, Uganda, Botswana, Mozambique, Ghana, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Senegal, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, Benin, Angola, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: Kalana (Mali); Brufut Woods (Gambia); Rápidos de Surire, south of Saltinho, Tombali (Guinea-Bissau); Benoue NP (Cameroon); Dzalanyama Forest Reserve (Malawi).

Photo: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist