Species profile
Zenker's Honeyguide
Melignomon zenkeri
Quick answer
southern Cameroon and Gabon to Central African Republic, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and southwestern Uganda
- Scientific name
- Melignomon zenkeri
- Family
- Indicatoridae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Melignomon
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Zenker's 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)