Yellow-rumped Honeyguide - BirdForum Opus

Photo by firozhussain
Arunachal Pradesh, India, April 2015

Indicator xanthonotus

Identification

15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)

• Small head
  

Male

• Greenish-grey overall plumage
• Yellow forehead, throat and rump

Distribution

Photo by robinm
Bhutan, March 2008

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• I. x. xanthonotus:

• North-eastern Pakistan and Himalayas of north-western India to extreme western Nepal

• I. x. radcliffii;

• Nepal to north-eastern India, south-eastern Tibet and northern Myanmar

IOC treats this species as monotypic.

Habitat

Areas with giant honeybees, such as cliffs, rocky wooded gorges and streams.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of beeswax, with the addition of flying insects.

Breeding

They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of barbets and woodpeckers.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
4. Animalia Life

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-rumped Honeyguide. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-rumped_Honeyguide

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