Spotted Honeyguide (Indicator maculatus)

Family
Indicatoridae (Honeyguides)

Size
16.50 - 17.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,130 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Vagrant to Mali.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Spotted Honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) [XC453213]
by Antonio Xeira from Tionck Essil, Bignona, Casamance, Senegal (song)

Spotted Honeyguide (Indicator) [XC452767]
by Rod Cassidy from Tionck Essil, Bignona, Casamance, Senegal (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Indicator variegatus), marginally overlapping in south-western Sudan and western Uganda. Proposed subspecies feae synonymous with nominate maculatus; theresae with stictithorax. Eastern subspecies often listed as "stictothorax" but original spelling, stictithorax, must stand.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

maculatus Gray, 1847 - Gambia to Nigeria.
stictithorax Reichenow, 1877 - Southern Cameroon east to south-western Sudan, south to northern Angola (Cabinda), southern and eastern Zaire and south-western Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spotted Honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) - 10 files

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