El indicador patiamarillo (Melignomon eisentrauti)[2][3] es una especie de ave piciforme de la familia Indicatoridae que habita en África Occidental.
Se alimenta principalmente de polen, insectos, semillas y frutos pequeños.[4]
Distribución y hábitat
Se la encuentra en Camerún, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leona, posiblemente en Costa de Marfil, y posiblemente en Ghana. Su hábitat natural son los bosques húmedos bajos tropicales. Se encuentra amenazada por la pérdida de hábitat.
Referencias
Bibliografía
- Collar, N. J.; Stuart, S. N. 1985. Threatened birds of Africa and related islands: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.
- Allport, G. A.; Ausden, M.; Hayman, P. V.; Robertson, P.; Wood, P. 1989. The conservation of the birds of the Gola Forest, Sierra Leone. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bowden, C. G. R.; Hayman, P. V.; Martins, R. P.; Robertson, P. A.; Mudd, S. H.; Woodcock, M. W. 1995. The Melignomon honeyguides: a review of recent range extensions and some remarks on their identification, with a description of the song of Zenker's Honeyguide. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 2(1): 32.
- Gatter, W. 1997. Birds of Liberia. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
- Holbech, L. H. 1996. Faunistic diversity and game production contra human activities in the Ghana high forest zone, with reference to the Western Region.
- Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Butchart, S. H. M. 2007. Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 14(2): 146.
- Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 2008. On the singing habits of forest honeyguides of the Guineo-Congolian region, with a request for further information . Bulletin of the African Bird Club 15(1): 24-35.
- Lachenaud, O. 2006. Les oiseaux du Pare National du Banco et de la Foret Classee de l'Anguedou, Cote d'Ivoire. Malimbus 28(2): 107-133.
- Rainey, H., Borrow, N., Demey R. 2003. First recordings of vocalisations of yellow-footed honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti and confirmed records in Ivory Coast. . Malimbus 25(1): 31-38.
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