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Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator (Sparrman, A 1777)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator isaac kilusu 2020-10-25 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, song -

bird seen on top of a tree in my backyard

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

598034
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Rolf A. de By 2015-09-12 potato farmlands NW of Lk Mburo NP, Mbarara, Kashari and Rwampara (Uganda) (1320 m) song -

Same as XC

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

282063
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Rory Nefdt 2015-10-24 Ngulia Lodge, Tsavo West NP, Taita-Taveta (Kenya) (950 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

398505
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator isaac kilusu 2020-10-25 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

598036
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Derek Solomon 14-10-05 South Luangwa National Park Lodge , Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m) Song (A) - Singing from favourite song perch 41307
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator GABRIEL LEITE 2023-06-04 West Kanyada (near Rodi Kopany), Asego, Homa Bay County, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1400 m) song - [sono] 810966
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Rory Nefdt 2012-02-11 Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, Nakuru (Kenya) (1760 m) Call (A) -   95654
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Dawie de Swardt 2024-10-24 Biddulphsberg, Senekal, Free State, Senekal (South Africa) (1600 m) call, chattering call -

Bird gives chattering calls and flying around in acacia bushes with other birds present. I make recording and pause recording to walk 800 m further away to took down a mist net. Arriving at the net site area, I realized the honeyguide was following me - still giving its chattering calls. The bird was still in net area while taking net down, still giving chattering. was the bird trying me to lead to a bee hive? Observation submitted to www.honeyguiding.me website

943737
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Peter Boesman 2016-09-23 Kasanka National Park, Northern Province, Central (Zambia) song - [also] [sono] 339219
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator GABRIEL LEITE 2023-06-04 West Kanyada (near Rodi Kopany), Asego, Homa Bay County, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1400 m) song - [sono] 810965
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Samuel Ziro 2019-08-12 Matsangoni, Bahari, Kilifi County, Kilifi (Kenya) (10 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

492131
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Lars Lachmann 2018-01-24 Bouna, Savanes, Savanes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (200 m) call, male -

'guiding' call of a male

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

402403
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Étienne Leroy 2016-05-02 Parc National de la Comoé, northern area., Zanzan (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (260 m) female, guiding calls -

Female guiding the recordist through the wooded savannah.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

315793
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Lynette Rudman 2021-05-18 Makana Local Municipality (near Kings Heights), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (220 m) adult, call, male -

Male bird seen calling from his calling post, a tall Euphorbia tree, near a river on a calm warm autumn morning.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

649801
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Toby Esplin 2018-06-02 Karee Kloof Private Nature Reserve, Free State, South Africa (South Africa) (1400 m) Female Guiding Call, call, female -

Female bird roosted in dry tree roughly 2 metres from ground. Call seemed to be in response to the movement of my 2 dogs moving beneath the tree.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

422462
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Peter Boesman 2015-12-14 Dawa River, Oromia (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300353
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Dries Van de Loock 2020-07-10 Nanzhila plains, Kafue National Park, Southern Province, Southern (Zambia) (1000 m) call -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

585253
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Dries Van de Loock 2020-06-20 Kasanka National Park, Central (Zambia) (1200 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

585196
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Peter Boesman 2016-09-21 Kasanka National Park, Northern Province, Central (Zambia) song - [sono] 339217
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Marc Anderson 2023-09-10 Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Tuli (Botswana) (550 m) song -

Long gaps between each song phrase reduced. Original file available on request.

875585
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Peter Boesman 2016-09-23 Kasanka National Park, Northern Province, Central (Zambia) song - [sono] 339220
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Gabriel A. Jamie 2013-09-19 Mole National Park, Ghana, Northern (former region) (Ghana) (460 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

156696
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator Lynette Rudman 2018-10-09 Dwesa Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, Willowvale (South Africa) (80 m) guiding call -

Female honeyguide heard and seen trying to call us to a source of honey very high up in a tree on the edge of a forest in spring. It was getting frantic in this recording and calling very fast. Each time I moved away from it, it would do this frantic, fast call.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

437924
xeno-canto.org
Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator isaac kilusu 2020-10-25 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, song -

bird seen on top of a tree in my backyard

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

598035
xeno-canto.org
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