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Pallid honeyguide

Indicator meliphilus (Oberholser, 1905)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus) is a species in the family Indicatoridae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 14 g to 18.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus)
Photo: Lois Hild Photography · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pallid honeyguide

Weight
14 g – 18.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pallid honeyguide live?

Not recorded

What is the pallid honeyguide?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae. The species is also known as the eastern least honyeguide.

It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

From the Wikipedia article “Pallid honeyguide” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pallid_honeyguide&oldid=1380574738), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the pallid honeyguide endangered?

The pallid honeyguide is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the pallid honeyguide classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyIndicatoridae
  6. genusIndicator
  7. SpeciesIndicator meliphilus (Oberholser, 1905)

Synonyms Indicator exilis meliphilus, Indicator meliphilus narokensis, Indicator narokensis, Melignothes exilis meliphilus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Eastern least honeyguideEnglish
  • Eastern least honeyguideEnglish
  • PAHOEnglish
  • Oostelike HeuningwyserAfrikaans
  • مرشد العسل الشاحبArabic
  • indicador de la mel pàl·lidCatalan
  • medozvěstka bledobřicháCzech
  • mêl-gog welwWelsh
  • Lys HonninggøgDanish
  • TavetahoniganzeigerGerman
  • Taveta-HoniganzeigerGerman
  • pala mielindikantoEsperanto
  • Indicador pálidoSpanish
  • leet-meenäiturEstonian
  • vaaleahunajaopasFinnish
  • Indicateur pâleFrench
  • svijetli medovođaCroatian
  • Indicatore pallidoItalian
  • ヒガシマメミツオシエJapanese
  • blyškusis medpaukštisLithuanian
  • Bleke HoningspeurderDutch
  • blekvokseterNorwegian
  • miodowód ubogiPolish
  • indicador-pálidoPortuguese
  • indicador-orientalPortuguese
  • indicador-pequeno-pálidoPortuguese
  • Светлобрюхий медоуказчикRussian
  • Восточноафриканский медоуказчикRussian
  • medozvestka bledáSlovak
  • Bledi medovođaSerbian
  • blek honungsvisareSwedish
  • Soluk BalkılavuzuTurkish
  • воскоїд блідийUkrainian
  • 东非响蜜䴕Chinese
  • 東非嚮蜜鴷Chinese

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Relatives of the pallid honeyguide

Other species in the same genus Indicator.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pallid honeyguide?

An adult pallid honeyguide weighs 14 g – 18.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pallid honeyguide endangered?

The pallid honeyguide is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the pallid honeyguide?

The pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus) belongs to the family Indicatoridae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pallid-honeyguide

MLA

“Pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pallid-honeyguide.

BibTeX
@misc{pallid_honeyguide_2026,
  title = {Pallid honeyguide (Indicator meliphilus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pallid-honeyguide},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}