The pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. The species is also known as the eastern least honyeguide. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
| Pallid honeyguide | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Indicatoridae |
| Genus: | Indicator |
| Species: | I. meliphilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Indicator meliphilus (Oberholser, 1905)
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Taxonomy and systematics
editThe species is very closely related to Willcocks's honeyguide, and the two species are very similar in size, and this species will even respond to recordings of the Willcocks's honeyguide's voice. Another species, Indicator narokensis has been described from the border of Kenya and Tanzania, this appears to been described from a juvenile pallid honeyeater and is not accepted as a valid species.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Indicator meliphilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22680647A130027350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22680647A130027350.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Short, L.L., Horne, J.F.M. & Kirwan, G.M. (2017). Pallid Honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/56111 on 26 March 2017).
External links
edit- (Eastern honeyguide =) Pallid honeyguide - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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