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'''Alternative name: Green-backed Honeyguide; Eastern Green-backed Honeyguide''' | '''Alternative name: Green-backed Honeyguide; Eastern Green-backed Honeyguide''' | ||
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Their diet consists of a variety of insects, including scale and flying insects, also caterpillars. | Their diet consists of a variety of insects, including scale and flying insects, also caterpillars. | ||
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{{GSearch|Prodotiscus+zambesiae}} | {{GSearch|Prodotiscus+zambesiae}} | ||
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Revision as of 21:33, 27 May 2015
Alternative name: Green-backed Honeyguide; Eastern Green-backed Honeyguide
- Prodotiscus zambesiae
Identification
11 cm
- Greyish-green upperparts
Sexes similar
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe and central Mozambique.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subsecies[1]:
- P. z. zambesiae:
- Central Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania, Namibia, and Mozambique
- P. z. ellenbecki:
Habitat
Broadleafed woodland canopy and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of a variety of insects, including scale and flying insects, also caterpillars.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-backed Honeybird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-backed_Honeybird
