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Zenker's honeyguide

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Zenker's honeyguide
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M. zenkeri
Binomial name
Melignomon zenkeri
Reichenow, 1898

The Zenker's honeyguide (Melignomon zenkeri) is a species of bird in the Indicatoridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German botanist Georg Zenker.[2]

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  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 377.