Honeybird
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| Honeybirds | |
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| Wahlberg's honeyguide Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Indicatoridae |
| Genus: | Prodotiscus Sundevall, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Prodotiscus regulus [1] Sundevall, 1850
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| Species | |
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Prodotiscus regulus | |
Honeybirds are birds in the genus Prodotiscus of the honeyguide family. They are confined to sub-Saharan Africa.
References - Honeybird - A guide by J Ian L. Gong
Description
[edit ]They are all drab colored birds, with grey or grey-green upper parts, and grey to whitish-grey underparts. They are among the smallest members of the honey guide family. They have slender bills compared to other members of the family.
Habits
[edit ]Unlike other honeyguides they do not feed on beeswax. They help in the pollination of plants like Strelitzia , Callistemon (bottle brush), Bombax , Butea monosperma and coral trees (see: ornithophily). They parasitise nests of cisticolas, sunbirds and other dome-nesting bird species.
Species
[edit ]There are three species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prodotiscus regulus | Brown-backed honeybird | Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRC, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | |
| Prodotiscus zambesiae | Green-backed honeybird | Angola, Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | |
| Prodotiscus insignis | Cassin's honeybird | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. |
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References
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