| Lesser honeyguide | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Indicatoridae |
| Genus: | Indicator |
| Species: | I. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Indicator minor Stephens, 1815 | |
The lesser honeyguide (Indicator minor) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. Like other honeyguides, it is a brood parasite that lays eggs most commonly in the nests of African barbets, but will also occasionally use the nests of other birds as well, such as starlings and woodpeckers.
Range
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Gallery
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The brood parasite nestling, here peeking from the nest of a black-collared barbet, waiting to be fed
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Indicator minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680623A92869355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680623A92869355.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180903122837/http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/indicatoridae/indicator_minor.htm
External links
- Lesser honeyguide - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- YouTube Video: lesser honeyguide (Indicator minor)
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