Honeyguides (Indicatoridae)
Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor) - HBW 7, p. 292
French: Petit Indicateur
German: Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger
Spanish: Indicador Menor
Taxonomy: Indicator minor Stephens, 1815, Zwartkop River, Cape Province, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with I. conirostris; these two have often been merged, but they occur together in W Uganda without interbreeding; they may interbreed in Nigeria, but are so similar in appearance that hybrids are difficult to establish. In past, often confused with I. exilis and other small honeyguides. Several additional named races now judged untenable: erlangeri considered synonymous with diadematus; valens with teitensis; albigularis with nominate minor; and pallidus and alexanderi synonymous with senegalensi.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with I. conirostris; these two have often been merged, but they occur together in W Uganda without interbreeding; they may interbreed in Nigeria, but are so similar in appearance that hybrids are difficult to establish. In past, often confused with I. exilis and other small honeyguides. Several additional named races now judged untenable: erlangeri considered synonymous with diadematus; valens with teitensis; albigularis with nominate minor; and pallidus and alexanderi synonymous with senegalensis, although some pallidus are probably variant form of I. c. conirostris. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- senegalensis Neumann, 1908 - Senegambia E to Chad and W Sudan, S to C Ivory Coast, S Nigeria, N Cameroon and N Central African Republic.
- riggenbachi Zedlitz, 1915 - C Cameroon E to SW Sudan, S to NE Zaire, W Uganda and Burundi.
- diadematus Rüppell, 1837 - C Sudan E to N Somalia.
- senegalensis Neumann, 1908 - Senegambia E to Chad and W Sudan, S to C Ivory Coast, S Nigeria, N Cameroon and N Central African Republic.
- riggenbachi Zedlitz, 1915 - C Cameroon E to SW Sudan, S to NE Zaire, W Uganda and Burundi.
- diadematus Rüppell, 1837 - C Sudan E to N Somalia.
- teitensis Neumann, 1900 - SE Sudan E to S Somalia, S & W (around lowland forest) to C Angola, NE Namibia, Zimbabwe and C Mozambique.
- damarensis (Roberts, 1928) - S Angola and N Namibia.
- minor Stephens, 1815 - S Namibia, SE Botswana, and S Mozambique to South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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looking for food Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 4 January 2012 1 year ago 38 sec 4.1 -
by a drinking pool Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird looking around on a branch Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Eldert Groenewoud 25 October 2005 5 years ago 18 sec 3.6 -
A bird on a branch, looking around. Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Paul Clarke 6 January 2003 4 years ago 12 sec 3.3
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An adult perched.
Locality Kenya (ssp teitensis)
Cristiano Crolle 15 August 2012 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult
Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Paul Cools 7 February 2012 27 weeks ago 4 -
Perched in a tree
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp minor)
Lindsay Hansch 12 October 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
An adult on a branch of a tree, relieves the effects of a very hot day.
Locality Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp minor)
Carmelo López 12 December 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
Adult in tree on branch
Locality Banjul, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Photo-ay 21 February 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A bird perched on a tree.
Locality Harare, Zimbabwe (ssp teitensis)
Laurent Demongin 20 September 2004 4 years ago 3
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