Lyre-tailed Honeyguide

The Lyre-tailed Honeyguide is a species of bird in the Indicatoridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melichneutes. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

The Lyre-tailed Honeyguide is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Physical characteristics: Dull-colored lyre-tailed honeyguides have a long, lyre-shaped tail (U-shaped), and two middle pairs of retrices (RET-rihs-uhs) paired flight feathers of the tail, which extend from the tail edges) that are curved outward at distal ends (away from the point of attachment), while the outermost retrices are narrow and short. The birds also have a white undersurface about the tail (which is shown while in flight), olive-green upperparts, and whitish under parts. More

The Lyre-tailed Honeyguide (Melichneutes robustus) is a species of bird in the Indicatoridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melichneutes. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Melichneutes robustus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

indicator) and lyre-tailed honeyguides, show sexual dichromatism in their plumage. The bill is short and sturdy, well fitted to gouging wax and probing for insects in tree bark, and in most species the nostrils have raised rims to protect them from influxes of beeswax, honey, and other sorts of comb contents. The tail is long, often marked with white bars that the bird displays in flight, as guides for juveniles or in mating displays. More

mysterious Lyre-tailed Honeyguide (Melichneutes robustus), famed for sounds produced in its aerial display, indeed is known from some countries and large regions of Central Africa only thanks to those very sounds. Most of what is known about honeyguides comes from investigations of five or six species, and even for those the information is incomplete. There are few fossils of honeyguides, dating back only to the Pliocene of South Africa. More

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roosts, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide displaying at <50m distance, 9 White-crested Bitterns in a morning (along with 22 African Finfoots, 24 Hartlaub's Duck, 3 White-bellied Kingfishers, 1 Congo Serpent-Eagle & 1 Long-tailed Hawk), Finsch's Francolin, Black-chinned & Loango Weavers, Verreaux's Batis; African River Martin, Rosy and Black-headed Bee-eaters (to wrap up the world's bee-eaters); Quail-Plover, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Red-headed Picathartes, Nkulengu Rail etc, amongst the 627 species with Rockjumper Birding Tours in Cameroon in March 5 More

When the lyre-tailed honeyguide, a bird that lives in central Africa, wants to attract a mate, it soars hundreds of feet in the air, sings, then shoots sharply downward, spiraling like a roller coaster. As it plummets, it flutters its spiky tail feathers, creating a loud drumming sound audible for miles. The mutual fund industry hasn't gone to such lengths to attract customers. But give it time. More