Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

Taxobox
name = Yellow-rumped Honeyguide
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Piciformes
familia = Indicatoridae
genus = "Indicator"
species = "I. xanthonotus"
binomial = "Indicator xanthonotus"
binomial_authority = Blyth, 1842

The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide, "Indicator xanthonotus" is a bird that is native to India. It is found along the Himalayas, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal and Burma.

Like other honeyguides it leads humans and bears to bee hives. They are among a few vertebrates capable of feeding on bees-wax.

They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nest of host species. The host species for the Yellow-rumped Honeyguide are as yet unknown and undocumented. The male are polygynous and have lekking displays.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
* Cronin, E. W., & P. W. Sherman 1976. A resource-based mating system: the Orange-rumped Honeyguide. Living Bird 15: 5-32.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=531&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.birding.in/birds/Piciformes/Indicatoridae/yellow-rumped_honeyguide.htm The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide]


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