Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyIndicatoridae (Honeyguides)
- GenusIndicator (Typical Honeyguides)
- SpeciesIndicator indicator (Greater Honeyguide)
Closest Relatives at Akagera National Park
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Prodotiscus regulus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
Double-Toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Red-faced Barbet
Lybius rubrifacies
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Honeyguide in Akagera National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Greater Honeyguide sighting in Akagera National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Honeyguide in Akagera National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Greater Honeyguide in Akagera National Park in our monthly data.