Editing Greater honeyguide (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) (45663851145), crop.jpg
| image_caption = Adult male in Tanzania
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Indicator indicator'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680616A92868613 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680616A92868613.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Indicator
| species = indicator
| authority = ([[Anders Sparrman|Sparrman]], 1777)&thinsp;<ref>{{aut|Sparrman, 1777}}. ''Cuculus indicator'' (protonym). Philos. Trans., 67, p. 43, pl. 1. [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51749551 BHL]</ref>
| synonyms = * ''Cuculus indicator'' (protonym)
}}

The '''greater honeyguide''' ('''''Indicator indicator''''') is a [[bird]] in the family [[honeyguide|Indicatoridae]], [[Floristic kingdom#Paleotropical Kingdom|paleotropical]] [[near passerine]] [[bird]]s related to the [[woodpecker]]s. Its [[English language|English]] and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies. Claims that it also guides non-human animals are disputed.

The greater honeyguide is a resident breeder in [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. It is found in a variety of [[habitat (ecology)|habitats]] that have trees, especially dry open woodland, but not in the West African [[rain forest|jungle]].