Lesser Honeyguide

species of bird

Taxon taxon Q1260894

Facts

12 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: I. minor^[5]
Diel cycle: diurnality^[23]
Egg incubation period: +14^[22]
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern^[2]
Litter size: +2.8^[21]
Mass: +26^[20]
Parent taxon: Indicator^[3]
Taxon common name: mêl-gog fach, Lesser Honeyguide, Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger, Indicador menor, indicador de la mel menor, medozvěstka menší, hall-meenäitur, Gråvokseter, Малый медоуказчик, コミツオシエ, Gråbrystet Honninggøg, harmaahunajaopas, kis mézkalauz, miodowód szarogłowy, medozvestka sivolíca, Kleinheuningwyser, mindre honungsvisare, Kleine Honingspeurder, Petit Indicateur, Indicatore minore, indicador-pequeno, mažasis medpaukštis, воскоїд малий, sivkasti medovođa, indicador-pequeno-de-cabeça-cinzenta^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Taxon name: Indicator minor^[4]
Taxon range: Africa, Burkina Faso^[24]^[25]
Taxon rank: species^[1]

🏷️ Also known as

en Lesser Honeyguide en Indicator minor ar مرشد العسل الأصغر cs medozvěstka menší da Gråbrystet Honninggøg de Kleiner Honiganzeiger de Indicator minor de Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger es Indicador menor fa عسل‌یاب کهتر fi harmaahunajaopas fr Indicator minor senegalensis fr Indicator minor fr Indicator minor damarensis fr Indicator minor diadematus fr Indicator minor minor fr Indicator minor riggenbachi fr Indicator minor teitensis fr Petit Indicateur he אוביל קטן

🔖 Identifiers · 24

Image (Wikimedia Commons): 2007 09 22 Lesser Honeyguide.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Indicator_minor
BirdLife taxon ID: 22680623
CalPhotos taxon ID: Indicator+minor
Catalogue of Life ID: 3PLPJ
EBird taxon ID: leshon1
EURING number: 32560
External data available at URL: www.gbif.org
Freebase ID: /m/02w8v96
GBIF taxon ID: 5228985
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: gråvokseter
INaturalist taxon ID: 204526

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IRMNG ID: 10214755
ITIS TSN: 553934
IUCN taxon ID: 22680623
NBIC scientific name ID: 178177
NCBI taxonomy ID: 219522
Observation.org taxon ID: 70538
Oiseaux.net ID: petit.indicateur
Open Tree of Life ID: 494191
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 402353
Xeno-canto species ID: Indicator-minor
Yale LUX ID: concept/86f2e753-c1b9-4c34-b8a1-eab2f5e21952
ZOBODAT taxon ID: 38734

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Taxon range 2

Africa, Burkina Faso

Diel cycle 1

diurnality

IUCN conservation status 1

Least Concern

Instance of 1

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Parent taxon 1

Indicator

Taxon rank 1

species

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — IUCN conservation status (P141): Least Concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved 2021-12-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — parent taxon (P171): Indicator. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon name (P225): Indicator minor. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — short name (P1813): I. minor. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): mêl-gog fach. Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved 2016-03-16. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): Lesser Honeyguide. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): Nasenstreif-Honiganzeiger. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-11. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): Indicador menor. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): indicador de la mel menor. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-12. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): medozvěstka menší. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): hall-meenäitur. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): Gråvokseter. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-13. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): Малый медоуказчик. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): コミツオシエ. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): Gråbrystet Honninggøg. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-14. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): harmaahunajaopas. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): kis mézkalauz. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-15. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon common name (P1843): miodowód szarogłowy. IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved 2016-10-16. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — mass (P2067): 26 g. AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — litter size (P7725): 2.8. The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — egg incubation period (P7770): 14 day. Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — diel cycle (P9566): diurnality. Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon range (P9714): Africa. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Lesser Honeyguide — taxon range (P9714): Burkina Faso. gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-10-26. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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