# List of honeyguides

Honeyguides are birds in the family Indicatoridae in the order Piciformes. There are currently 16 extant species of honeyguides recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union.

## Conventions

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the honeyguide's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.
This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List. Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).

## Classification

The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) recognises 16 species of honeyguides in four genera. This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.
Family Indicatoridae
* Genus Prodotiscus: three species
* Genus Melignomon: two species
* Genus Indicator: ten species
* Genus Melichneutes: one species

## Honeyguides

Genus Prodotiscus – Sundevall, 1850 – 3 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Cassin's honeybird | P. insignis (Cassin, 1856) Two subspecies P. i. flavodorsalis P. i. insignis | West and Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Green-backed honeybird | P. zambesiae Shelley, 1894 Three subspecies P. z. ellenbecki P. z. zambesiae P. z. lathburyi | Southern and East Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Brown-backed honeybird | P. regulus Sundevall, 1850 Two subspecies P. r. camerunensis P. r. regulus | Widely throughout Africa | LC  Unknown |
Genus Melignomon – Reichenow, 1898 – 2 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Zenker's honeyguide | M. zenkeri Reichenow, 1898 | Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Yellow-footed honeyguide | M. eisentrauti Louette, 1981 | West and Central Africa | NT  Unknown |
Genus Indicator – Stephens, 1815 – 10 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Dwarf honeyguide | I. pumilio Chapin, 1958 | Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Willcock's honeyguide | I. willcocksi Alexander, 1901 Three subspecies I. w. ansorgei I. w. willcocksi I. w. hutsoni | West and Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Pallid honeyguide | I. meliphilus (Oberholser, 1905) Two subspecies I. m. meliphilus I. m. angolensis | Southern and East Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Least honeyguide | I. exilis (Cassin, 1856) Three subspecies I. e. poensis I. e. exilis I. e. pachyrhynchus | West and Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Lesser honeyguide | I. minor Stephens, 1815 Eight subspecies I. m. ussheri I. m. conirostris I. m. senegalensis I. m. riggenbachi I. m. diadematus I. m. teitensis I. m. damarensis I. m. minor | Widely throughout Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Spotted honeyguide | I. maculatus Gray, G. R., 1847 Two subspecies I. m. maculatus I. m. stictithorax | West and Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Scaly-throated honeyguide | I. variegatus Lesson, R. P., 1830 | Central Africa | LC  Unknown |
| Yellow-rumped honeyguide | I. xanthonotus Blyth, 1842 Two subspecies I. x. radcliffii I. x. xanthonotus | Northwestern India to northern Myanmar | NT  Unknown |
| Malaysian honeyguide | I. archipelagicus Temminck, 1832 | Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra | NT  Unknown |
| Greater honeyguide | I. indicator (Sparrman, 1777) | Widely throughout Africa | LC  Unknown |
Genus Melichneutes – Reichenow, 1910 – 1 species :
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | IUCN status and estimated population |
| Lyre-tailed honeyguide | M. robustus (Bates, 1909) | West and Central Africa | LC  Unknown |