Least Honeyguide

Indicator exilis (Cassin, 1856)

Indicatoridae — Honeyguides

Least Honeyguide, Indicator exilis, is a bird of the honeyguide family that breeds in central and western Africa. It occurs in forested places across sub-Saharan Africa, including plantations, primary and secondary woodland, and forest shrub mosaics. Adults are olive brown, with dark grey underparts and face, pale marks above the bill and on the tail in flight, plus a fine white line from the eye to near the nostril and a malar stripe from the mandible to the ear-coverts. It is a small species, and males are larger than females.

Order
Piciformes
Family
Indicatoridae — Honeyguides
Breeding range
Africa: c, w
Least Honeyguide
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