Willcocks's Honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi)

Family
Indicatoridae (Honeyguides)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Alexander, 1901

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Willcocks's Honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi) [XC505488]
by Peter Boesman from Quitende, Quitexe, U\u00edge Province, Angola (call)

Willcocks's Honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi) [XC739740]
by id from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Pallid Honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus) which is very similar in size and vocally, and responds readily to playback of present species' song. Was long confused with Least Honeyguide (Indicator exilis), but differs vocally. Subspecies poorly known. Form propinquus from Cameroon originally thought to be a distinct species, but now considered a synonym of nominate willcocksi. Birds collected in northern Liberia (Wonegizi) thought to be Least Honeyguide (Indicator exilis), but might in fact refer to present species.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

ansorgei Grant, CHB, 1915 - Guinea-Bissau.
willcocksi Alexander, 1901 - Sierre Leone east to southern Nigeria, southern Cameroon and western Uganda, south to Gabon and central and central-eastern Zaire.
hutsoni Bannerman, 1928 - North-central Nigeria east to southern Chad and south-western Sudan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Willcockss Honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi) - 10 files

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