ABSTRACT
This family is predominantly Afrotropical, with 16 sub-Saharan species (89%) and only two in the Oriental Region. 10 (63% of the Afrotropical total) occur in Kenya, but there are breeding records for only five. This deficiency is typical of this poorly known, highly inconspicuous and taxonomically obscure family (see Forbes-Watson 1977a and Sn). Thus, particularly for the extremely similar smaller species, and especially in view of the modern disinclination for specimens, total numbers of atlas squares are inadequate as indicators of relative status, while concentrations of pre-1970 squares may not reflect retractions of range. The ‘guiding’ habit (see e.g. Ja) is well developed only in the Black-throated Honeyguide (500), but may also occur in some of its congeners (Sn). As far as is known, all species are brood parasites (Sn). BLACK-THROATED HONEYGUIDE <italic>Indicator indicator</italic>
B563 / MPG605 / D2C2
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