Honeyguides

Least Honeyguide

Indicator exilis

The Least Honeyguide (Indicator exilis) is an 18 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Honeyguides

Order

Piciformes

Weight

18 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon, Eq. Guinea, Central African Rep., Rwanda, Angola, Nigeria, Liberia, Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary (Ghana); Odzala NP · Mboko Camp (Republic of the Congo); Bakossi Mountains · Kodmin Forest (Cameroon); American University of Central Africa (AUCA) (Equatorial Guinea); Bigodi Swamp (Uganda).

Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist