Lyre-tailed Honeyguide

Melichneutes robustus

Near Threatened

The Lyre-tailed Honeyguide is a honeyguide of sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country. It searches woodland and forest for wax, bee brood, insects, and fruit, and several honeyguides are famous brood parasites that lay eggs in other cavity-nesting birds' nests.

Family

Indicatoridae

Group

Honeyguides

Range

Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Range — Resident or seasonal range in sub-Saharan African forests, savannas, wetlands, and open country

Population

≈ Unknown

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