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| + | [[Image:Scaly-throated_Honeyguide.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|jpbirdman|jpbirdman}} <br />Location: Mkhuze, [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa]] | ||
;[[:Category:Indicator|Indicator]] variegatus | ;[[:Category:Indicator|Indicator]] variegatus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Length 18-19 cm, mass 36-56 g. A large honeyguide. The throat is yellowish white with fine, dark streaks and the breast is mottled. The forecrown is dark with whitish flecks. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Africa]] | + | [[Africa]]: [[Ethiopia]] to [[Angola]], [[Zambia]] and south-eastern [[South Africa]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forest and dense woodland. Possibly favours forest-woodland mosaic. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | Territorial and brood parasitic. Hosts nest in holes in trees; they include [[Golden-tailed Woodpecker]], [[Knysna Woodpecker]], [[Cardinal Woodpecker]], [[Olive Woodpecker]], [[Black-collared Barbet]], [[Whyte's Barbet]], [[Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird]]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Indicator+variegatus}} | {{GSearch|Indicator+variegatus}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:49, 12 April 2009
- Indicator variegatus
Identification
Length 18-19 cm, mass 36-56 g. A large honeyguide. The throat is yellowish white with fine, dark streaks and the breast is mottled. The forecrown is dark with whitish flecks.
Distribution
Africa: Ethiopia to Angola, Zambia and south-eastern South Africa.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Forest and dense woodland. Possibly favours forest-woodland mosaic.
Behaviour
Breeding
Territorial and brood parasitic. Hosts nest in holes in trees; they include Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Knysna Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Olive Woodpecker, Black-collared Barbet, Whyte's Barbet, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird.
