Pallid Honeyguide
Indicator meliphilus(Oberholser, HC, 1905)
English (US) Pallid Honeyguide
The Pallid Honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus) 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 meliphilus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pallid Honeyguide
- Described by
- (Oberholser, HC, 1905)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Indicator meliphilus meliphilus
- Indicator meliphilus angolensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Melignothes exilis meliphilus
- Described by
- (Oberholser, HC, 1905)
- Type locality
- Taveta, Kenya Colony.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28, no.1411 p.869
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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