Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Indicator variegatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyIndicatoridae (Honeyguides)
- GenusIndicator (Typical Honeyguides)
- SpeciesIndicator variegatus (Scaly-throated Honeyguide)
Closest Relatives at Meru National Park
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
White-eared Barbet
Stactolaema leucotis
White-headed Barbet
Lybius leucocephalus
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Red-fronted Barbet
Tricholaema diademata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Scaly-throated Honeyguide at Meru National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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