Yellow-rumped Honeyguide

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a deep orange rump grading to yellow toward the back
2. Yellow-tinged chin and throat
3. Pale gray underparts with dark streaks
4. Yellow bill, dark near the tip

Male, female and young

The female has less yellow on the face and a yellow rump without orange.

Voice

Gives short “chip” calls in flight or when excited.

Where and when it's recorded

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide has been recorded at 49 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Lingmethang Rd – Namling mid-elevation forestBhutan38 records
2. Yongkhola campBhutan36 records
3. Wangdue - Pele La roadBhutan26 records

Countries and regions with the most records

BhutanChinaNepalIndia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus) is a sparrow-sized bird in the honeyguide family that is found in Asia, mainly in montane forests along the Himalayas. They are very finch-like but the feet are strong and zygodactyl, with two toes facing forward and two backward. They perch on honeycombs and feed on wax.

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