Bird checklists - taxonomy - distribution - maps - links
Welcome Guest
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor Stephens, JF 1815
The lesser honeyguide is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. Source: Wikipedia
Photo powered by flickr.com.
Piciformes
Family:
Indicatoridae
Genus:
Indicator
Scientific:
Indicator minor
Classification
Order:Piciformes
Family:
Indicatoridae
Genus:
Indicator
Scientific:
Indicator minor
Original description
Citation:
Stephens, JF 1815
Reference:
General Zool. [Shaw]
9, pt1 p.140
Protonym:
Indicator minor
Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope = Zwartkop River, Uitenhage Division, Cape Province, fide Grant and Praed, antea, p. 144.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64422#page/216/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
50F3668CF1F8A515
Avibase ID:
avibase-50F3668C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/50F3668C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 553934
Geographic range:
- Indicator minor: widespread in sub-Saharan lowland to submontane wooded grassland, acacia and miombo woodland, forest edge, also gardens, from Senegambia eastward to southern Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, and southward to South Africa (avoiding Congolian rainforest and Namib and Kalahari deserts); some nomadic wandering
- Indicator minor minor: southern Namibia, southeastern Botswana and southern Mozambique to South Africa
- Indicator minor senegalensis: Senegambia and Guinea to northern Cameroon, Chad, and western Sudan
- Indicator minor riggenbachi: central Cameroon to southwestern Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, and Burundi
- Indicator minor diadematus: central Sudan to northern Somalia
- Indicator minor damarensis: southern Angola and northern Namibia
- Indicator minor teitensis: southeastern South Sudan, southeastern Ethiopia, and southern Somalia southwestward to Angola, northeastern Namibia, Zimbabwe, and central Mozambique
- Indicator minor conirostris: southern Nigeria to Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, and northern Angola
- Indicator minor ussheri: disjunct from southeastern Sierra Leone to southern Ghana
- Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
Lesser Honeyguide
Afrikaans:
Kleinheuningwyser
Azerbaijani:
Kiçik balgöstərən
Bulgarian:
Малък медопоказвач
Catalan:
Indicador de la mel menor
Czech:
medozvěstka menší
Danish:
Gråbrystet Honninggøg
German:
Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger
Esperanto:
eta mielindikanto
Spanish:
Indicador Menor
Spanish (Spain):
Indicador menor
Estonian:
hall-meenäitur
Finnish:
harmaahunajaopas
French:
Petit Indicateur
Croatian:
sivkasti medovođa
Hungarian:
kis mézkalauz
Icelandic:
Rindilvísir
Italian:
Indicatore minore
Japanese (romaji):
hashibutomitsuoshie
Japanese:
ハシブトミツオシエ
Lithuanian:
Mažasis medpaukštis
Dutch:
Kleine Honingspeurder
Norwegian:
Gråvokseter
Polish:
miodowód szaroglowy
Portuguese:
Indicador pequeno
Portuguese (Portugal):
indicador-pequeno
Russian:
Малый медоуказчик
Slovak:
medozvestka sivolíca
Serbian:
Srednji medovođa
Swedish:
Mindre honungsgök
Turkish:
Bıyıklı Büyük Balkılavuzu
Ukrainian:
Воскоїд малий
Chinese:
北非响蜜鴷
Chinese (Traditional):
北非嚮蜜鴷
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide ( Indicator [minor or conirostris]) |
| Avilist 2025: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Thick-billed/Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator conirostris/minor) |
| eBird version 2022: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Lesser Honeyguide ( Indicator minor) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
Your sightings
You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.
Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Dikbek/Kleinheuningwyser, Kleinheuningwyser
Azerbaijani: Kiçik balgöstərən
Bulgarian: Малък медопоказвач
Catalan: Indicador de la mel menor
Czech: medozvěstka menší
Danish: Gråbrystet Honninggøg
German: Dickschnabel-/Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger, Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger
English: Lesser Honeyguide, Lesser or Thick-billed Honeyguide, Thick-billed or Lesser Honeyguide, Thick-billed/Lesser Honeyguide
English (Avilist): Lesser Honeyguide
English, HBW: Lesser Honeyguide
English (IOC): Lesser Honeyguide, Thick-billed/Lesser Honeyguide
English (United States): Lesser Honeyguide, Thick-billed/Lesser Honeyguide
Esperanto: eta mielindikanto, Malgranda mielindikanto
Spanish: Indicador Menor, Indicador Picogrueso/Menor
Spanish (Spain): Indicador menor, Indicador picogrueso/menor
Estonian: hall-meenäitur
Finnish: harmaahunajaopas
French: Indicateur à gros bec ou Petit Indicateur, Petit Indicateur, Petit Indicateur ou I. à gros bec
French (Guyane): Petit Indicateur
Croatian: sivkasti medovođa
Hungarian: kis mézkalauz
Icelandic: Rindilvísir
Italian: Indicatore minore
Japanese (romaji): hashibutomitsuoshie
Japanese: ハシブトミツオシエ, ハシブトミツオシエ／コミツオシエ
Kwangali: Kasoro
Scientific: Indicator [conirostris or minor], Indicator [minor or conirostris], Indicator conirostris/minor, Indicator minor, Indicator minor minor
Lithuanian: Mažasis medpaukštis
Dutch: Kleine Honingspeurder
Norwegian: Gråvokseter, tykknebbvokseter/gråvokseter
Polish: miodowód szaroglowy, miodowód szarogłowy
Portuguese: Indicador pequeno
Portuguese (Angola): Indicador-pequeno-de-cabeça-cinzenta
Portuguese (Portugal): indicador-de-bico-grosso/indicador-pequeno, indicador-pequeno
Russian: Малый медоуказчик, Толстоклювый медоуказчик/Малый медоуказчик
Slovak: medozvestka hrubozobá/sivolíca, medozvestka sivolíca
Serbian: Debelokljuni medovođa/srednji medovođa, Srednji medovođa
Sotho, Southern: Molisa-linotši
Swedish: Mindre honungsgök, tjocknäbbad/mindre honungsvisare
Swahili: Kiongozi Mdogo
Turkish: Bıyıklı Büyük Balkılavuzu, Bıyıklı/Bıyıklı Büyük Balkılavuzu
Tsonga: Nhlalala
Ukrainian: Воскоїд малий
Xhosa: Intakobusi
Chinese: 北非响蜜鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 北非嚮蜜鴷
Zulu: iNhlava
Avibase has been visited 503,407,846 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy
