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WetlandSmall · 30 g
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The yellow-rumped honeyguide is sparrow sized and has a stout finch-like bill. The plumage is largely dusky olive and the forehead and lores are orange. There is a streaked appearance to the wing feathers. The rump is deep orange and extends into the back grading to sulphur yellow. The chin and throat are yellowish while the lower plumage is pale grey with dark streaks. The bill is yellow but dark towards the tip. Females have less extensive yellow on the face and the rump is yellow and lacks the orange. Allan Octavian Hume described the subspecies radcliffi (after Colonel E.
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When to see the Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
The yellow-rumped honeyguide is a sparrow-sized bird in the honeyguide family that is found in Asia, mainly in montane forests along the Himalayas. They are very finch-like but the feet are strong and zygodactyl, with two toes facing forward and two backward. They perch on honeycombs and feed on wax. Males tend to be territorial and stay near honeycombs while females and juveniles forage widely. They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of tree-hole breeders, possibly barbets.
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Easily confused with
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.
Pallid HoneyguideIndicator meliphilusThe pallid honeyguide is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae.
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