Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Indicator minor

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Other related concepts

• Indicator [conirostris x minor] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Dikbekheuningwyser, Kleinheuningwyser (Dikbek-)
Bulgarian: Малък медопоказвач (ssp. conirostris/ussheri)
Catalan: Indicador de la mel becgròs, indicador de la mel petit (conirostris/ussheri)
Czech: medozvěstka menší (ssp. conirostris/ussheri), Medozvestka tlustozobá, medozvěstka tlustozobá
Danish: Gråbrystet Honninggøg (Tyknæbbet), Tyknæbbet Honninggøg
German: Dickschnabel-Honiganzeiger, Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger (Dickschnabel-Honiganzeiger)
English: Lesser Honeyguide (Thick-billed), Lesser Honeyguide [conirostris or ussheri], Lesser Honeyguide [conirostris], Thick billed Honeyguide, Thick-billed Honeyguide
English (Avilist): Lesser Honeyguide (Thick-billed)
English, HBW: Lesser Honeyguide (Thick-billed)
English (IOC): Lesser Honeyguide (Thick-billed), Thick-billed Honeyguide
English (United States): Lesser Honeyguide (Thick-billed), Thick-billed Honeyguide
Esperanto: Dikbeka mielindikanto
Spanish: Indicador Menor (Picogrueso), Indicador Picogrueso, Indicador Picudo
Spanish (Spain): Indicador menor (picogrueso), Indicador picogrueso
Spanish (HBW): Thick-billed Honeyguide
Estonian: mets-meenäitur
Finnish: harmaahunajaopas (conirostris/ussheri), Tuhkahunajaopas
French: Indicateur à gros bec, Petit Indicateur [conirostris ou ussheri], Petit Indicateur [conirostris]
French (Guyane): Petit Indicateur (conirostris/ussheri)
Croatian: bjelogrli medovođa, sivkasti medovođa (conirostris/ussheri)
Icelandic: Rindilvísir (conirostris/ussheri)
Italian: Indicatore beccogrosso
Japanese (romaji): hashibutomitsuoshie
Japanese: ハシブトミツオシエ
Scientific: Indicator conirostris, Indicator conirostris conirostris, Indicator minor [conirostris or ussheri], Indicator minor [conirostris], Indicator minor conirostris, Indicator minor conirostris/ussheri, Melignothes conirostris
Lithuanian: Tvirtasnapis medpaukštis
Dutch: Diksnavelhoningspeurder, Diksnavelhoningsspeurder, Diksnavel-honingsspeurder, Kleine honingspeurder (Dikbekhoningspeurder)
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tjukknebbvoksetar
Norwegian: gråvokseter (conirostris/ussheri), Tykknebbvokseter
Polish: miodowód grubodzioby, miodowód grubodzioby (I.m. conirostris/ussheri)
Portuguese: indicador-pequeno-de-bico-grosso
Portuguese (Angola): Indicador-pequeno-de-cabeça-cinzenta (de-bico-grosso)
Portuguese (Portugal): indicador-de-bico-grosso
Russian: Толстоклювый медоуказчик
Slovak: medozvestka hrubozobá, medozvestka sivolíca (hrubozobá)
Serbian: Debelokljuni medovođa
Swedish: mindre honungsvisare (conirostris/ussheri), Tjocknäbbad honungsgök, tjocknäbbad honungsvisare
Swahili: Kiongozi Domo-nene
Turkish: Bıyıklı balkılavuzu, Bıyıklı Büyük Balkılavuzu (conirostris/ussheri)
Ukrainian: Воскоїд малий (підвид conirostris/ussheri), Воскоїд товстодзьобий
Chinese: 厚嘴响蜜䴕, 厚嘴响蜜鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 厚嘴嚮蜜鴷