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- Indicator willcocksi
Identification
13 cm Very plain Honeyguide
Generally dark brownish olive on upperparts with fine pencil streaking to forehead and crown (very difficult to see except in exceptional circumstances). Even blackish streaks to mantle. Dark lores. Chin, throat and sides of neck pale yellowish off white. Underparts greyish buff, slightly more saturated on breast, thin pencil streaks on rear flanks. Eye black, bill black with basal 50% of lower mandible yellowish, legs dark brown.
Distribution
Africa. Guinea Conakry to Ivory Coast. Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, northern Democratic Republic of Congo and the western slopes of the mountains bordering the Albertine Rift, in DRC.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- I. w. ansorgei:
- Locally in humid forests of Guinea-Bissau
- I. w. willcocksi:
- Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria, southern Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda
- I. w. hutsoni:
- North-central Nigeria east to extreme southern Chad and southwestern South Sudan
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Willcocks's Honeyguide. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Willcocks%27s_Honeyguide
