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[[Image:GreaterHoneyguide.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Reini|Reini}}<br />Photographed: Yudum airport area]] | [[Image:GreaterHoneyguide.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Reini|Reini}}<br />Photographed: Yudum airport area]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 20 cm. Sexually dimorphic. Male, forehead to mantle dark olive brown, rump and uppertail coverts white with broad, dark shaft streaks. Lores black with a short, black eyestripe. White ear coverts. chin, throat and extreme upper breast black. Rest of underparts greyish washed white with faint streaks on rear flanks. Wings black with narrow white margins. Tail, centre feathers black, outers white with broad black terminal band. Eye black, bill bright pink, legs black. Female as male except for dusky lores, ear coverts washed greyish olive brown, no black bib, smaller pale rump and bill black. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Widespread throughout [[Africa]], south of the Sahara:<br /> | Widespread throughout [[Africa]], south of the Sahara:<br /> | ||
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Areas with tall scattered trees. | Areas with tall scattered trees. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | '''Voice'''. loud, ringing 2 note call with the same rythm as "victor" and loud rattle used as a guiding call for Ratels ( and humans ) to bees nests. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase | ||
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- Indicator indicator
Identification
20 cm. Sexually dimorphic. Male, forehead to mantle dark olive brown, rump and uppertail coverts white with broad, dark shaft streaks. Lores black with a short, black eyestripe. White ear coverts. chin, throat and extreme upper breast black. Rest of underparts greyish washed white with faint streaks on rear flanks. Wings black with narrow white margins. Tail, centre feathers black, outers white with broad black terminal band. Eye black, bill bright pink, legs black. Female as male except for dusky lores, ear coverts washed greyish olive brown, no black bib, smaller pale rump and bill black.
Distribution
Widespread throughout Africa, south of the Sahara:
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland
Taxonomy
Habitat
Areas with tall scattered trees.
Behaviour
Voice. loud, ringing 2 note call with the same rythm as "victor" and loud rattle used as a guiding call for Ratels ( and humans ) to bees nests.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Greater Honeyguide. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Greater_Honeyguide
