Honeyguides (Indicatoridae)
Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Indicator variegatus) - HBW 7, p. 293
French: Indicateur varié
German: Strichelstirn-Honiganzeiger
Spanish: Indicador Variegado
Other common names: Variegated Honeyguide
Taxonomy: Indicator variegatus Lesson, 1830, Knysna, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with I. maculatus, barely overlapping with it in SW Sudan and W Uganda. Despite widespread distribution, exhibits mosaic geographical pattern of variation, as well as varying individually, seasonally and with age, rendering accurate racial subdivision impossible for present; birds from S Somalia to NE Tanzania formerly separated in race jubaensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Ethiopia and S Sudan to S Somalia, S through E Africa (W to E Rwanda and E Burundi), and from C Angola E to E Zaire and W Tanzania, S to Zambia, E Zimbabwe and E Cape Province.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird drinking Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 20 October 2004 7 years ago 21 sec 4 -
An individual briefly perched before flying away Locality Zomba Plateau, Southern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 18 October 2005 30 weeks ago 8 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a tree Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 6 years ago 22 sec 3
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Back view of a perched bird.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 12 August 2007 3 years ago 3.8 -
Adult perched
Locality Bishangari Lodge, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 29 December 2012 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched adult bird in the subcanopy.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 12 August 2007 3 years ago 3
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