Alternative name: Green-backed Honeyguide; Eastern Green-backed Honeyguide
- 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:
- 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
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-backed Honeybird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-backed_Honeybird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.