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WoodlandSmall · 49 g
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Mature 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). Males are larger than females, with recorded weights of males ranging from 50 to 56 grams (0.110 to 0.123 lb) and weights of females generally ranging from 36.6 to 55 grams (0.081 to 0.121 lb). However, male birds in Uganda have been reported to weigh as low as 31 grams (0.068 lb) and females, up to 60.5 grams (0.133 lb). Voice: Its main song is a churring trill, a low croak into a loud rising call that lasts three to four seconds. When repeated, the common soft whistle call made by the scaly-throated honeyguide sounds similar to the whistles of scimitarbills. It is often sung by birds while perched under the canopy of a particular tree.
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When to see the Scaly-throated Honeyguide
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scaly-throated Honeyguide
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Botswana.
About the Scaly-throated Honeyguide
The scaly-throated honeyguide is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. They have a mutualistic relationship with humans in which they attract beekeepers towards bees' nests and then feeding on the remains, especially larvae.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-rumped HoneyguideIndicator xanthonotusThe yellow-rumped honeyguide is sparrow sized and has a stout finch-like bill.
Least HoneyguideIndicator exilisThe least honeyguide (Indicator exilis) is a small member of the family Indicatoridae.
Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksiWillcocks's honeyguide is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae.
Side by side: Greater Honeyguide vs Scaly-throated Honeyguide
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