Brown-backed Honeybird

When to see the Brown-backed Honeybird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-backed Honeybird

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal.

About the Brown-backed Honeybird

The brown-backed honeybird, also known as Wahlberg's honeybird, Wahlberg's honeyguide and sharp-billed honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. This bird is named after the Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg.

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Easily confused with

Green-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus zambesiaeThe adult green-backed honeybird of both sexes has ashy-gray, sometimes white, underparts, which is considered an adaptation to its environment. Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignisCassin's honeybird, also known as Cassin's honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae.