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Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Melichneutes robustus (Bates, 1909)
The Lyre-tailed Honeyguide (Melichneutes robustus) is a species of bird in the Indicatoridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melichneutes. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Piciformes
Family:
Indicatoridae
Genus:
Melichneutes
Scientific:
Melichneutes robustus
Citation:
(Bates, 1909)
Reference:
Bull.Br.Orn.Club p.26
Protonym:
Melignomon robustus
Avibase ID:
C2B68BD803E932A6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C2B68BD8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 553941
Geographic range:
- Melichneutes robustus: Guinea to northwestern Angola, Central African Republic, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southen Uganda
Source: Clements checklist
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Catalan:
Indicador de la mel cua de lira
Czech:
medozvěstka lyroocasá
Danish:
Lyrehalet Honninggøg
German:
Leierschwanz-Honiganzeiger
Spanish:
Indicador Lira
Spanish (Spain):
Indicador Lira
Finnish:
lyyryhunajaopas
French:
Indicateur à queue en lyre
Croatian:
lirastorepi medovođa
Hungarian:
lantfarkú mézkalauz
Italian:
Indicatore codalira
Japanese (romaji):
tategotomitsuoshie
Japanese:
タテゴトミツオシエ
Lithuanian:
Lyrauodegis medpaukštis
Dutch:
Lierstaarthoningspeurder
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Lyrevoksetar
Norwegian:
Lyrevokseter
Polish:
miodowód lirosterny
Portuguese:
Indicador-de-cauda-lira
Russian:
Лирохвостый медоуказчик
Slovak:
medozvestka lýrochvostá
Serbian:
Lirorepi medovođa
Swedish:
lyrstjärtad honungsvisare
Ukrainian:
Воскоїд лірохвостий
Chinese:
琴尾响蜜䴕
Chinese (Traditional):
琴尾嚮蜜鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Indicateur à queue en lyre ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Indicateur à queue en lyre ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 1st edition: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements, version 2021: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 4th edition: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements, version 2015: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements, version 2016: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements, version 2017: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements, version 2018: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Clements, version 2019: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 1.50: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 1.52: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 1.53: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 1.54: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 1.55: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 2015: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 2016: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 2017: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 2018: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 2019: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| eBird version 2021: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| James Lee Peters: Melichneutes robustus |
| James Lee Peters (original): Melichneutes robustus |
| James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Melichneutes robustus |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ( Melichneutes robustus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melichneutes robustus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Melichneutes robustus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
Catalan: Indicador de la mel cua de lira, Ocell indicador de la mel de cua de lira
Czech: Medozvestka lyroocasá, medozvěstka lyroocasá
Danish: Lyrehalet Honninggøg
German: Leierschwanz-Honiganzeiger
English: Blackcock-tailed Honeyguide, Lyre tailed Honeyguide, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
English, HBW: Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
English (IOC): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
English (United States): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Esperanto: Forkovosta mielindikanto
Spanish: Indicador Cola de Lira, Indicador Lira
Spanish (Spain): Indicador Lira
Spanish (HBW): Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Estonian: lüüra-meenäitur
Finnish: Lyyryhunajaopas
French: Indicateur à lyre, Indicateur à queue en lyre
Croatian: lirastorepi medovođa
Hungarian: lantfarkú mézkalauz
Italian: Indicatore codalira, Indicatore dalla coda a lira
Japanese (romaji): tategotomitsuoshie
Japanese: タテゴトミツオシエ
Scientific: Ceriocleptes xenurus, Melichneutes robustus, Melichneutes sommerfeldi, Melichneutes sommerfieldi, Melichneutes xenurus, Melignomon robustus
Lithuanian: Lyrauodegis medpaukštis
Dutch: Lierstaarthoningspeurder, Lierstaart-honingspeurder
Norwegian Nynorsk: Lyrevoksetar
Norwegian: Lyrevokseter
Polish: miodowód lirosterny
Portuguese: Indicador-de-cauda-lira
Portuguese (Portugal): indicador-cauda-de-lira
Russian: Лирохвостый медоуказчик
Slovak: medozvestka lýrochvostá
Serbian: Lirorepi medovođa
Swedish: Lyrstjärtad honungsgök, lyrstjärtad honungsvisare
Turkish: Lir kuyruklu balkılavuzu
Tatar: лира койрыклы балкүрсәткеч
Ukrainian: Воскоїд лірохвостий
Chinese: 琴尾响蜜䴕, 琴尾响蜜鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 琴尾嚮蜜鳥
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