Spotted Honeyguide
Indicator maculatusGray, GR, 1847
English (US) Spotted Honeyguide
The Spotted Honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Indicatoridae (Honeyguides) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Indicator maculatus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spotted Honeyguide
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1847
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Indicator maculatus maculatus
- Indicator maculatus stictithorax
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1847
- Type locality
- No locality ; the type in the British Museum is from Gambia.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 2 p.451 pl.CXIII
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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