Brown-backed Honeybird bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsWahlberg's Sharp-billed Honeybird, Sharp-billed Honeyguide, Wahlberg's Honeyguide, Sharp-billed Honeybird, Sharpbilled Honeyguide, Brown-backed Honeyguide, Wahlberg's Sharp-billed Honeyguide, Wahlberg's Honeybird
Old latin name for birdProdotiscus whitei
OrderWoodpeckers, toucans and relatives / Piciformes
FamilyHoneyguides / Indicatoridae
GenusProdotiscus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

Brown-backed Honeybird bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Kenya
  • 5.
    Adult, call, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, © Dries Van de Loock
    Zambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Brown-backed Honeybird

Brown-backed Honeybird subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Prodotiscus regulus camerunensisGuinea to w Central African Republic-No
Prodotiscus regulus regulusec Sudan and sw Ethiopia s to ne Namibia and e South Africa-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSkerpbekheuningvoël, Skerpbekheuningvoel
Azerbaijaninazikdimdik balgöstərən
Catalanindicador de dors bru
Chinese沃氏蜜鴷, 沃氏蜜䴕
Chinese (Traditional)非洲嚮蜜鴷
Croatiansmeđoleđi medovođa
CzechMedozvestka Wahlbergova, medozvěstka hnědohřbetá
DanishTyndnæbbet Honninggøg
DutchBruinrug-honingspeurder, Bruinrughoningspeurder
EsperantoBrundorsa mielindikanto
Estonianpruunselg-kilptäilind
FinnishIsovahansyöjä, harmaaloistikka
FrenchIndicateur de Wahlberg, Indicateur roitelet
GermanWahlberg-Laubpicker, Wahlberg Laubpicker, Wahlberglaubpicker, Schmalschnabel-Honiganzeiger, Braunrücken-Honiganzeiger, Wahlberg-Honiganzeiger
HungarianWahlberg-mézkalauz
ItalianIndicatore di Wahlberg
Japaneseヒメミツオシエ
LithuanianValbergo plonasnapis medpaukštis
NorwegianBleksnyltefugl, bleksnyltefugl
Norwegian NynorskBleiksnyltefugl
Polishmiodowodzik jasnobrzuchy
Portugueseindicador-de-dorso-castanho, Indicador de Wahlberg.ss, indicador-elegante-de-dorso-castanho, indicador-de-bico-aguçado
RussianТонкоклювый медоуказчик
SerbianTankokljuni medovođa
Slovakvoskárka tmavá
SpanishIndicador dorsipardo, Indicador de Wahlberg
SwahiliMlembe Mgongo-kahawia
Swedishbrunryggig honungsvisare, Wahlbergs honungsvisare, wahlberghonungsvisare, Wahlbergs honungsgök
Tatarнечкә томшыклы балкүрсәткеч
TurkishKüçük Gri Balkılavuzu
Ukrainianковтач світлочеревий