A honeyguide (family Indicatoridae); now spec. any of three small drab birds of the genus Prodotiscus.

Any of various small birds of the family Indicatoridae of Africa and South Asia, related to woodpeckers and barbets, many of which feed on…

an African bird (Cuculus indicator), also called ‘Honey-guide,’ which indicates the nests of wild bees.

Ornithology. A honey-guide, a bird of the genus Indicator, or family Indicatoridæ; esp. the South African species, I. Sparmanni.