Willcocks's honeyguide
| Willcocks's honeyguide | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Indicatoridae |
| Genus: | Indicator |
| Species: | I. willcocksi |
| Binomial name | |
| Indicator willcocksi Alexander, 1901 | |
The Willcocks's honeyguide (Indicator willcocksi) is a species of bird in the Indicatoridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the General Sir James Willcocks.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Indicator willcocksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 367.
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