Honeyguides (Indicatoridae)
Least Honeyguide (Indicator exilis) - HBW 7, p. 291
French: Indicateur menu
German: Barthoniganzeiger
Spanish: Indicador Chico
Taxonomy: Melignothes exilis Cassin, 1856, Moonda River, Gabon.
Relationships uncertain. In the past, I. willcocksi, I. meliphilus and even I. minor were often confused with present species; I. pumilio was also on occasion linked with present species. Nominate and race pachyrhynchus intergrade in broad zone from E Central African Republic and SW Sudan to NE Zaire and W Uganda, where precise limits of respective ranges unclear. Form leona, known from a single immature bird taken near Freetown (Sierra Leone), now considered a synonym of nominate. Birds collected in N Liberia (Wonegizi) said to be very similar to .. View all taxonomy...
Relationships uncertain. In the past, I. willcocksi, I. meliphilus and even I. minor were often confused with present species; I. pumilio was also on occasion linked with present species. Nominate and race pachyrhynchus intergrade in broad zone from E Central African Republic and SW Sudan to NE Zaire and W Uganda, where precise limits of respective ranges unclear. Form leona, known from a single immature bird taken near Freetown (Sierra Leone), now considered a synonym of nominate. Birds collected in N Liberia (Wonegizi) said to be very similar to I. willcocksi ansorgei from neighbouring Guinea-Bissau, possibly representing undescribed race of present species; alternatively, they might in fact be referable to I. willcocksi. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- exilis (Cassin, 1856) - Senegal E to E Central African Republic and NE Zaire, S to N Angola and NW Zambia.
- pachyrhynchus (Heuglin, 1864) - SW Sudan and extreme E Zaire, E to W Kenya and S to NW Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
- poensis Alexander, 1903 - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- Least Concern
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