Green-backed Honeybird - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Green-backed Honeyguide; Eastern Green-backed Honeyguide

Photo by volker sthamer
Langano, Ethiopia, January 2015

Prodotiscus zambesiae

Identification

11 cm

• Greyish-green upperparts

Sexes similar

Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe and central Mozambique.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subsecies^[1]:

• P. z. zambesiae:

• Central Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania, Namibia, and Mozambique

• P. z. ellenbecki:

• Southern Ethiopia to Kenya and northern Tanzania

• P. z. lathburyi:

• West central Angola (Mount Soque, Mount Moco)

Habitat

Broadleafed woodland canopy and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of insects, including scale and flying insects, also caterpillars.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-backed Honeybird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-backed_Honeybird

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