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Prodotiscus
Honeybirds are birds in the genus ''Prodotiscus'' of the honeyguide family. They are confined to sub-Saharan Africa. References - Honeybird - A guide by J Ian L. Gong Description They are all drab colored birds, with grey or grey-green upper parts, and grey to whitish-grey underparts. They are among the smallest members of the honey guide family. They have slender bills compared to other members of the family. Habits Unlike other honeyguides they do not feed on beeswax. They help in the pollination of plants like ''Strelitzia'', ''Callistemon'' (bottle brush), ''Bombax'', ''Butea monosperma'' and Erythrina, coral trees (see: ornithophily). They parasitise nests of cisticolas, sunbirds and other dome-nesting bird species. Species There are three species: References

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Honeyguide
Honeyguides (family (biology), family Indicatoridae) are a family of birds in the order Piciformes. They are also known as indicator birds, or honey birds, although the latter term is also used more narrowly to refer to species of the genus ''Prodotiscus''. They have an Old World tropical distribution, with the greatest number of species in Africa and two in Asia. These birds are best known for their interaction with humans. Honeyguides are noted and named for one or two species that will deliberately lead humans directly to bee colonies, so that they can feast on the grubs and beeswax that are left behind. Localized interaction between honeyguides and honey badgers has been reported. Taxonomy The Indicatoridae were noted for their barbet-like structure and brood-parasitic behavior and morphologically considered unique among the non-passerines in having nine primaries. The Phylogenetics, phylogenetic relationship between the honeyguides and the eight other families that make up t ...
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Wahlberg's Honeyguide (Prodotiscus Regulus)2
The brown-backed honeybird (''Prodotiscus regulus''), also known as Wahlberg's honeybird, Wahlberg's honeyguide and sharp-billed honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. This bird is named after the Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg. Range It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRC, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots .... References External links * (Sharp-billed Honeyguide =) Brown-backed Honeyguide Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds brown-backed honeybird brown-backed honeybird Taxonomy articles created by ...
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Prodotiscus Zambesiae
The green-backed honeybird (''Prodotiscus zambesiae''), also known as the eastern green-backed honeyguide, green-backed honeyguide and slender-billed honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. It is a nest parasite of the Northern yellow white-eye. Range It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots .... References External links * (Slender-billed honeyguide = ) Green-backed honeyguide Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds green-backed honeybird Birds of Southern Africa Birds of East Africa green-backed honeybird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Piciformes-stub ...
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Prodotiscus Insignis
Cassin's honeybird (''Prodotiscus insignis''), also known as Cassin's honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. Range Its range extends across the African tropical rainforest (also overlapping the Dahomey Gap In West Africa, the Dahomey Gap refers to the portion of the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic that extends all the way to the coast in Benin, Togo, and Ghana, thus separating the forest zone that covers much of the south of the region into two sepa ...). References Cassin's honeybird Birds of the African tropical rainforest Cassin's honeybird Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Piciformes-stub ...
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