Malaysian Honeyguide
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The Malaysian Honeyguide, Indicator archipelagicus is a medium-sized, up to 18cm long, olive-brown honeyguides with greenish streaks, reddish iris, thick grey bill and greyish white below. The male has a yellow patch on shoulder, while female has none. The young resembles female with streaked underparts.
The Malaysian Honeyguide is occurred throughout lowland broadleaved forests of western part of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It nests in tree holes.
The call of Malaysian Honeyguide is cat-like "meow", followed by a rattling sound. The diet consists mainly of insects, especially wild bees and wasps.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, local and sparse population, the Malaysian Honeyguide is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Indicator archipelagicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 3 February 2007. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
