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Lesser honeyguide

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Lesser honeyguide
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Indicatoridae
Genus: Indicator
Species:
I. minor
Binomial name
Indicator minor
Stephens, 1815

The lesser honeyguide (Indicator minor) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. Like other honeyguides, it is a brood parasite that lays eggs most commonly in the nests of African barbets, but will also occasionally use the nests of other birds as well, such as starlings and woodpeckers.[2]

Range

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It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Indicator minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680623A92869355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680623A92869355.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180903122837/http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/indicatoridae/indicator_minor.htm
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