Lesser Honeyguide

Indicator minor - Petit Indicateur

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Indicatoridés
Genus
:
Indicator
Species
:
minor

Descriptor

Stephens, 1815

Biometrics

Size
: 16 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 21 à 39 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor) is a species of bird in the Indicatoridae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Indicator minor minor (s Namibia, s Botswana and s Mozambique to South Africa)
Indicator minor ussheri ()
Indicator minor conirostris ()
Indicator minor senegalensis (Senegal and Gambia to n Cameroon, Chad and w Sudan)
Indicator minor riggenbachi (c Cameroon to sw Sudan and w Uganda)
Indicator minor diadematus (c Sudan, Ethiopia and n Somalia)
Indicator minor teitensis (se Sudan and Somalia to Zimbabwe and c Mozambique)
Indicator minor damarensis (s Angola to c Namibia)

Foreign names

Petit Indicateur,
Indicador menor,
indicador-pequeno-de-cabeça-cinzenta,
Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger,
kis mézkalauz,
Kleine Honingspeurder,
Indicatore minore,
mindre honungsvisare,
Gråvokseter,
medozvestka sivolíca,
medozvěstka menší,
Gråbrystet Honninggøg,
harmaahunajaopas,
Kleinheuningwyser,
indicador de la mel menor,
miodowód szarogłowy,
Малый медоуказчик,
コミツオシエ,
北非响蜜䴕,
北非嚮蜜鴷,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas