#honeyguide

[buggbuzz]

yes i'm still doing these!! i wasn't able to finish them all before my final exam (got an A+ in the class tho yay!!) so i wanted to take a breather before finishing them afterwards. also i totally got thrown into lamin research like right after the semester ended so i've been BUSY!!!

anyways, last two are accipitriformes and passeriformes. recommended me some passeriformes to include so that i can try to capture the diversity of the order!!!

[cheerclaw]

a bunch of lesbian furries tests. idk which ones i like tbh

[best-bird-tournament]

Piciformes order

Which is the best bird?

Coppery-chested jacamar

Pileated woodpecker

Red-throated barbet

Yellow-rumped tinkerbird

Keel-billed toucan

Toucan barbet

Yellow-rumped honeyguide

Pied puffbird

Lemon-throated barbet

Voting ended onJan 21

[unbfacts]

In parts of Africa, wild greater honeyguide birds really can help people find honey. The birds chatter, fly from tree to tree, and lead honey hunters toward hidden wild bee nests. People also use special local calls to ask for the birds’ help, like the Yao “brrr-hm” call in Mozambique. After humans open the nest and collect the honey, the honeyguides can eat the leftover beeswax and larvae. It is one of the rare cases where wild animals and humans work together without training.

[blondebrainpowered]

In certain African regions, a bird known as the honeyguide cooperates with humans to locate beehives. The bird leads people to the hives and, in exchange, humans break open the hives for the honey. The honeyguide then feeds on the beeswax and larvae, benefiting from this ancient partnership.

Image Credit: Derek Keats 

[birdstudies]

December 9, 2024 - Green-backed Honeybird (Prodotiscus zambesiae) Found in parts of eastern and southern Africa, as far north as Ethiopia and South as Mozambique, these honeyguides live in forests, often near streams, savannas, and gardens. They eat insects, including beetles, scale insects, and termites, as well as spiders and some fruit and seeds, often foraging in mixed-species flocks. Females lay their eggs in the nests of several species of white-eyes, flycatchers, and other birds.

[masterbuilderintern]

I didn't have any idea what colors I wanted to use when I started this so it might look like acid sorry.

Anyway, the running bit of France walking in on heroes doing private hero stuff has been happening since birth, it's not a miraculous thing he just does that. He doesn't have the bee miraculous yet here because Honeyguide accidentally led him to it, LMAO.

Sweet little fun fact: France has longer hair after meeting Pollen because it was her idea to grow it out. She thought it suited him and he trusts her sense of style.

[herpsandbirds]

Yellow-rumped Honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus), family Indicatoridae, order Piciformes, northern India

This species feeds on deserted and active bee hives.

Unlike other species of honeyguide, this species has not been observed leading humans or other animals to bee nests.

photograph by Endless Explorer