Lesser Honeyguide

When to see the Lesser Honeyguide

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

Where to see the Lesser Honeyguide

The map shades 31 countries with regular records, and 4 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 Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Mali.

About the Lesser Honeyguide

The lesser honeyguide is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae that is widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Like other honeyguides, it is a brood parasite that lays eggs most commonly in the nests of African barbets, but will also occasionally use the nests of other birds as well, such as starlings and woodpeckers.

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Easily confused with

Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicatorThe greater honeyguide has bold white patches on the sides of the tail, is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 50 g (1.8 oz). Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatusMature scaly-throated honeyguides range between 18 and 19 centimetres (7.1 and 7.5 in) and typically weigh around 34 to 55 grams (0.075 to 0.121 lb), occasionally reaching up to 61 grams (0.134 lb). Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotusThe yellow-rumped honeyguide is sparrow sized and has a stout finch-like bill.