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Greater Honeyguide

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Greater Honeyguide

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Also known as Indicator indicator

species of bird

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Vinony's link graph records 159 inbound references to Greater Honeyguide, and connects out to egg, English language and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Birds described in 1777, Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa and Brood parasites.

Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Indicator
Mass
47
Image
Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) (45663851145), crop.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Indicator indicator
taxon name
Indicator indicator
taxon common name
veliki medovođa
litter size
4
longest observed lifespan
12
short name
I. indicator
taxon range
Burkina Faso
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Encyclopedic overview

The greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies. Claims that it also guides non-human animals are disputed.

The greater honeyguide is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa. It lives in a variety of habitats with trees, especially dry open woodland, but not in the West African rain forest.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greater Honeyguide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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