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Spotted Honeyguide

Indicator maculatus Gray, GR 1847

The spotted honeyguide is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Indicatoridae
Genus:
   Indicator
Scientific:
  Indicator maculatus


Original description

Citation:
  Gray, GR 1847

Reference:
   Gen. Birds 2 p.451 pl.CXIII

Protonym:
  Indicator maculatus

Type locality:
  No locality ; the type in the British Museum is from Gambia.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43661685


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  499B3C6405ACA37B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-499B3C64

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/499B3C64


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 553930

Geographic range:

  • Indicator maculatus maculatus: Gambia to Nigeria
  • Indicator maculatus stictithorax: southern Cameroon to northern Angola, southwestern Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southwestern Uganda
English:
Spotted Honeyguide
Catalan:
Indicador de la mel pigallat
Czech:
medozvěstka skvrnitá
Danish:
Spættet Honninggøg
German:
Tropfenbrust-Honiganzeiger
Spanish:
Indicador Moteado
Spanish (Spain):
Indicador Moteado
Finnish:
täplähunajaopas
French:
Indicateur tacheté
Croatian:
pjegavi medovođa
Italian:
Indicatore macchiato
Japanese (romaji):
shiroboshimitsuoshie
Japanese:
シロボシミツオシエ
Lithuanian:
Dėmėtasis medpaukštis
Dutch:
Gevlekte Honingspeurder
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Flekkvoksetar
Norwegian:
Flekkvokseter
Polish:
miodowód plamisty
Portuguese:
indicador-malhado
Portuguese (Portugal):
Indicador-malhado
Russian:
Пятнистый медоуказчик
Slovak:
medozvestka škvrnitá
Serbian:
Pegavi medovođa
Swedish:
fläckhonungsvisare
Ukrainian:
Воскоїд строкатоволий
Chinese:
斑响蜜䴕
Chinese (Traditional):
斑嚮蜜鴷


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Indicateur tacheté ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Indicateur tacheté ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Indicator maculatus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Indicator maculatus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Indicator maculatus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Spotted Honeyguide ( Indicator maculatus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Indicator maculatus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Indicator maculatus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: xallı balgöstərən
Catalan: Indicador de la mel pigallat
Czech: Medozvestka skvrnitá, medozvěstka skvrnitá
Danish: Spættet Honninggøg
German: Tropfenbrust-Honiganzeiger
English: Spotted Honeyguide
English, HBW: Spotted Honeyguide
English (IOC): Spotted Honeyguide
English (United States): Spotted Honeyguide
Esperanto: Makulindikanto
Spanish: Indicador Moteado
Spanish (Spain): Indicador Moteado
Spanish (HBW): Spotted Honeyguide
Estonian: tähnik-meenäitur
Finnish: Täplähunajaopas
French: Indicateur tacheté
Croatian: pjegavi medovođa
Italian: Indicatore macchiato, Indicatore maculato
Japanese (romaji): shiroboshimitsuoshie
Japanese: シロボシミツオシエ
Scientific: Indicator feae, Indicator maculatus, Indicator maculatus maculatus, Indicator sparmanii, Indicator theresae
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasis medpaukštis
Dutch: Gevlekte Honingspeurder
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flekkvoksetar
Norwegian: Flekkvokseter
Polish: miodowód plamisty
Portuguese: Idicator malhado, Indicador-malhado
Portuguese (Portugal): Indicador-malhado
Russian: Пятнистый медоуказчик
Slovak: medozvestka škvrnitá
Serbian: Pegavi medovođa
Swedish: Fläckhonungsgök, fläckhonungsvisare
Turkish: Benekli balkılavuzu
Ukrainian: Воскоїд строкатоволий
Chinese: 斑响蜜䴕, 斑响蜜鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 斑嚮蜜鴷

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