List of Southern African Birds - Honeyguides

Honeyguides

Order: Piciformes. Family: Indicatoridae

Most honeyguides are dull-colored, though a few have bright yellow in the plumage. All have light outer tail feathers, which are white in all the African species. There are 17 species worldwide, six in Southern Africa.

  • Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
  • Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
  • Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
  • Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
  • Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
  • Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus

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