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Spotted honeyguide

Indicator maculatus G. R. Gray, 1847

LCLeast Concernbirds

The spotted honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) is a species in the family Indicatoridae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 46.4 g to 50.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the spotted honeyguide

Weight
46.4 g – 50.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
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 spotted honeyguide live?

Not recorded

What is the spotted honeyguide?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The spotted honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae.

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

From the Wikipedia article “Spotted honeyguide” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spotted_honeyguide&oldid=1336832985), 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 spotted honeyguide endangered?

The spotted 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.

How is the spotted honeyguide classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyIndicatoridae
  6. genusIndicator
  7. SpeciesIndicator maculatus G. R. Gray, 1847

Synonyms Indicator feae, Indicator sparmanii, Indicator theresae

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • SPHOEnglish
  • مرشد العسل المنقطArabic
  • indicador de la mel pigallatCatalan
  • medozvěstka skvrnitáCzech
  • mêl-gog fraithWelsh
  • Spættet HonninggøgDanish
  • TropfenbrusthoniganzeigerGerman
  • Tropfenbrust-HoniganzeigerGerman
  • makula mielindikantoEsperanto
  • Indicador moteadoSpanish
  • tähnik-meenäiturEstonian
  • täplähunajaopasFinnish
  • Indicateur tachetéFrench
  • pjegavi medovođaCroatian
  • Indicatore macchiatoItalian
  • シロボシミツオシエJapanese
  • dėmėtasis medpaukštisLithuanian
  • Gevlekte HoningspeurderDutch
  • flekkvokseterNorwegian
  • miodowód plamistyPolish
  • indicador-malhadoPortuguese
  • indicador-malhado-oliváceoPortuguese
  • Пятнистый медоуказчикRussian
  • medozvestka škvrnitáSlovak
  • Pegavi medovođaSerbian
  • fläckhonungsvisareSwedish
  • Benekli BalkılavuzuTurkish
  • воскоїд строкатоволийUkrainian
  • 斑响蜜䴕Chinese
  • 斑嚮蜜鴷Chinese

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Relatives of the spotted 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 spotted honeyguide?

An adult spotted honeyguide weighs 46.4 g – 50.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the spotted honeyguide endangered?

The spotted 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 spotted honeyguide?

The spotted honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) belongs to the family Indicatoridae in the order Piciformes.

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@misc{spotted_honeyguide_2026,
  title = {Spotted honeyguide (Indicator maculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-honeyguide},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}