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 Niokolo-Koba National Park
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Prodotiscus regulus
African Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Campethera punctuligera
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Bearded Barbet
Lybius dubius
Vieillot's Barbet
Lybius vieilloti
📅 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 Niokolo-Koba National Park?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Greater Honeyguide sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park, based on 32 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Honeyguide in Niokolo-Koba National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Greater Honeyguide in Niokolo-Koba National Park in our monthly data.