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Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
07 21 017 Melichneutes robustus m
Information
Range Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Piciformes
Family Indicatoridae
Genus Melichneutes
Species Melichneutes robustus
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Lyre-tailed honeyguide (Melichneutes robustus), is a species of honeyguide in the Indicatoridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melichneutes. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

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