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title: "Greater Honeyguide"
description: "Indicator indicator — Uccelli. The greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-honeyguide
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Honeyguide

> Indicator indicator — Uccelli. The greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers.

- Scientific name: *Indicator indicator*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 787
- Wikidata: [Q593582](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593582)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17570](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17570)

## Names

- en: Greater Honeyguide
- de: Schwarzkehlhoniganzeiger
- es: Indicador Grande
- fr: Grand Indicateur
- nl: Grote honingspeurder
- pt: Indicador-grande
- pl: Miodowód duży

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (288), GM (83), KE (44), BW (38), ZW (32), MW (31), NG (26), SN (26), TZ (26), ET (16), MZ (16), CF (15)

## Summary

The greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies. Claims that it also guides non-human animals are disputed.
The greater honeyguide is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa. It lives in a variety of habitats with trees, especially dry open woodland, but not in the West African rain forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_honeyguide

## Photo

![Greater Honeyguide](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-honeyguide/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72156466

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-honeyguide?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).