Brown-backed honeybird
Species of bird
Brown-backed honeybird | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Indicatoridae |
Genus: | Prodotiscus |
Species: | P. regulus |
Binomial name | |
Prodotiscus regulus Sundevall, 1850 | |
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The brown-backed honeybird (Prodotiscus regulus), also known as Wahlberg's honeybird, Wahlberg's honeyguide and sharp-billed honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. This bird is named after the Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg.
Range
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRC, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Prodotiscus regulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680677A92872403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680677A92872403.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
- (Sharp-billed Honeyguide =) Brown-backed Honeyguide - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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