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[[Biology:Honeyguide|Honeyguide]]s are birds in the family Indicatoridae in the [[Biology:Order|order]] [[Biology:Piciformes|Piciformes]]. There are currently 16 extant [[Biology:Species|species]] of honeyguides recognised by the [[Organization:International Ornithologists' Union|International Ornithologists' Union]].<ref name="IOC" />

== Conventions ==

Conservation status codes listed follow the [[Organization:International Union for Conservation of Nature|International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) [[Organization:IUCN Red List|Red List of Threatened Species]]. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the honeyguide's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.

This list follows the [[Biology:Taxonomic treatment|taxonomic treatment]] (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List.<ref name="IOC" /> Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN{{efn|The IUCN follows the taxonomy proposed by the HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist.<ref name="BirdLife" />}} or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World,<ref name="ClementsChecklist" /> the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).

== Classification ==
The [[Organization:International Ornithologists' Union|International Ornithologists' Union]] (IOU) recognises 16 species of honeyguides in four genera.<ref name="IOC" /> This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.

'''Family Indicatoridae'''

* Genus ''[[Biology:Prodotiscus|Prodotiscus]]'': three species
* Genus ''[[Biology:Melignomon|Melignomon]]'': two species
* Genus ''[[Biology:Indicator (genus)|Indicator]]'': ten species
* Genus ''[[Biology:Melichneutes|Melichneutes]]'': one species
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== Honeyguides ==
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Prodotiscus|Prodotiscus]] |authority-name=Sundevall |authority-year=1850 |species-count=3 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Cassin's honeybird|Cassin's honeybird]] |binomial=P. insignis
|image=File:IndicatorEminiKeulemans, crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Cassin |authority-year=1856 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''P. i. flavodorsalis''
| ''P. i. insignis''
}}
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image=File:Prodotiscus insignis map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Prodotiscus-insignis" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Green-backed honeybird|Green-backed honeybird]] |binomial=P. zambesiae
|image=File:Prodotiscus zambesiae, Cuito-rivier, Birding Weto, a.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Shelley |authority-year=1894
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''P. z. ellenbecki''
| ''P. z. zambesiae''
| ''P. z. lathburyi''
}}
|range=Southern and East Africa |range-image=File:Prodotiscus zambesiae map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}<ref name="iucn-status-Prodotiscus-zambesiae" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Brown-backed honeybird|Brown-backed honeybird]] |binomial=P. regulus
|image=File:Wahlberg's Honeyguide (Prodotiscus regulus)2.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sundevall |authority-year=1850
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''P. r. camerunensis''
| ''P. r. regulus''
}}
|range=Widely throughout Africa |range-image=File:Prodotiscus regulus map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{increase|Population increasing}}<ref name="iucn-status-Prodotiscus-regulus" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Melignomon|Melignomon]] |authority-name=Reichenow |authority-year=1898 |species-count=2 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Zenker's honeyguide|Zenker's honeyguide]] |binomial=M. zenkeri
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Reichenow |authority-year=1898
|range=Central Africa |range-image=File:Melignomon zenkeri map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{Population change unknown}}<ref name="iucn-status-Melignomon-zenkeri" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Yellow-footed honeyguide|Yellow-footed honeyguide]] |binomial=M. eisentrauti
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Louette |authority-year=1981
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Melignomon-eisentrauti" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Indicator (genus)|Indicator]] |authority-name=Stephens |authority-year=1815 |species-count=10 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Dwarf honeyguide |binomial=I. pumilio
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Chapin |authority-year=1958
|range=Central Africa |range-image=File:Indicator pumilio map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-pumilio" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Willcock's honeyguide |binomial=I. willcocksi
|image=File:Indicator willcocksi.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Alexander |authority-year=1901
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''I. w. ansorgei''
| ''I. w. willcocksi''
| ''I. w. hutsoni''
}}
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-willcocksi" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Pallid honeyguide |binomial=I. meliphilus
|image=File:Pallid Honeyguide.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Oberholser |authority-year=1905 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''I. m. meliphilus''
| ''I. m. angolensis''
}}
|range=Southern and East Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-meliphilus" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Least honeyguide |binomial=I. exilis
|image=File:Indicator exilis.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Cassin |authority-year=1856 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''I. e. poensis''
| ''I. e. exilis''
| ''I. e. pachyrhynchus''
}}
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{Population change unknown}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-exilis" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Lesser honeyguide |binomial=I. minor
|image=File:2007 09 22 Lesser Honeyguide.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Stephens |authority-year=1815
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Eight subspecies |bullets=on
| ''I. m. ussheri''
| ''I. m. conirostris''
| ''I. m. senegalensis''
| ''I. m. riggenbachi''
| ''I. m. diadematus''
| ''I. m. teitensis''
| ''I. m. damarensis''
| ''I. m. minor''
}}
|range=Widely throughout Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-minor" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Spotted honeyguide |binomial=I. maculatus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gray, G. R. |authority-year=1847
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''I. m. maculatus''
| ''I. m. stictithorax''
}}
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-maculatus" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Scaly-throated honeyguide |binomial=I. variegatus
|image=File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Scaly-throated Honeyguide (Indicator variegatus).jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lesson, R. P. |authority-year=1830
|range=Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-variegatus" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Yellow-rumped honeyguide |binomial=I. xanthonotus
|image=File:Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Pabyuk-Naitam Sikkim March 2019.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1842
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''I. x. radcliffii''
| ''I. x. xanthonotus''
}}
|range=Northwestern India to northern Myanmar |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-xanthonotus" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Malaysian honeyguide |binomial=I. archipelagicus
|image=File:Indicator archipelagicus 1838, crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Temminck |authority-year=1832
|range=Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=NT |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-archipelagicus" />
}}

{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Greater honeyguide |binomial=I. indicator
|image=File:Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) (45663851145), crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sparrman |authority-year=1777 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Widely throughout Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{increase|Population increasing}}<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-indicator" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Melichneutes|Melichneutes]] |authority-name=Reichenow |authority-year=1910 |species-count=1 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Lyre-tailed honeyguide|Lyre-tailed honeyguide]] |binomial=M. robustus
|image= |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Bates |authority-year=1909 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=West and Central Africa |range-image= |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Melichneutes-robustus" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

==Notes==
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== References ==
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<ref name="BirdLife">{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7 |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy |access-date=10 October 2023 |publisher=HBW and BirdLife International |archive-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925132236/http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="ClementsChecklist">{{Cite web |last1=Clements |first1=James F. |last2=Schulenberg |first2=T. S. |last3=Iliff |first3=M. J. |last4=Fredericks |first4=T. A. |last5=Gerbracht |first5=J. A. |last6=Lepage |first6=Denis |last7=Billerman |first7=S. M. |last8=Sullivan |first8=B. L. |last9=Wood |first9=C. L. |date=2022 |title=The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022 |url=https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Clements Checklist}}</ref>

<ref name="IOC">{{cite web |date=July 2023 |title=Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, honeyguides |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/jacamars/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=IOC World Bird List |version=v 13.2 |editor-last1=Gill |editor-first1=F. |editor-last2=Donsker |editor-first2=D. |editor-last3=Rasmussen |editor-first3=P.}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Prodotiscus-insignis">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Prodotiscus insignis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680667A92871865 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680667A92871865.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Prodotiscus-zambesiae">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Prodotiscus zambesiae'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680672A92872156 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680672A92872156.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Prodotiscus-regulus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Prodotiscus regulus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680677A92872403 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680677A92872403.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Melignomon-zenkeri">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Melignomon zenkeri'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680663A92871670 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680663A92871670.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Melignomon-eisentrauti">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2021 |title=''Melignomon eisentrauti'' |volume=2021 |page=e.T22680659A177622929 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22680659A177622929.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-pumilio">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2021 |title=''Indicator pumilio'' |volume=2021 |page=e.T22680643A192949744|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22680643A192949744.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-willcocksi">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Indicator willcocksi'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22680634A111733104 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22680634A111733104.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-meliphilus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Indicator meliphilus'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22680647A130027350 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22680647A130027350.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-exilis">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator exilis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680638A92870066 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680638A92870066.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-minor">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator minor'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680623A92869355 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680623A92869355.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-maculatus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator maculatus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680608A92868042 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680608A92868042.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-variegatus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator variegatus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680612A92868347 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680612A92868347.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-xanthonotus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator xanthonotus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680652A92870873 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680652A92870873.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-archipelagicus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2022 |title=''Indicator archipelagicus'' |volume=2022 |page=e.T22680620A220010505 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T22680620A220010505.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Indicator-indicator">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator indicator'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680616A92868613 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680616A92868613.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Melichneutes-robustus">{{cite iucn |author1=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Melichneutes robustus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680655A92871182 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680655A92871182.en |access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>

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