Species profile
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Melichneutes robustus
Quick answer
Guinea to northwestern Angola, Central African Republic, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southen Uganda
- Scientific name
- Melichneutes robustus
- Family
- Indicatoridae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Melichneutes
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Lyre-tailed Honeyguide in your journal
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Related species in Indicatoridae
- Brown-backed Honeybird (Prodotiscus regulus)
- Cassin's Honeybird (Prodotiscus insignis)
- Dwarf Honeyguide (Indicator pumilio)
- Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator)
- Green-backed Honeybird (Prodotiscus zambesiae)
- Indicator maculicollis (Indicator maculicollis)
- Indicator sparrmanii (Indicator sparrmanii)
- Least Honeyguide (Indicator exilis)