Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Indicator variegatusLesson, RP, 1830
English (US) Scaly-throated Honeyguide
The Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Indicator variegatus) 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.
Range: savanna and riparian woodland of eastern and southern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Indicator variegatus
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
- Type locality
- Africa.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.2 p.155
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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