Indicator indicator (Greater honeyguide) 

The Greater honeyguide occurs from Senegal through the Sahel to Ethiopia, extending south to many areas of southern Africa, where it lives in a wide variety of habitats. It mainly eats bees' products, and is famous for its tendency to lead humans to bees nests. It is a brood parasite, laying in a wide variety of bird nests. The female lays its egg while the hosts is out, destroying any existing eggs already in the nest. The eggs are laid in series of 4-7, each in a different nest, laying about 21 eggs in the whole breeding season. The chicks stays in the nest for roughly 38 days, after which they are fed by the host for 7-30, usually 7-10 days after leaving.

Indicator meliphilus (Pallid honeyguide, Eastern honeyguide)

Indicator minor (Lesser honeyguide) 

The Lesser honeyguide lives in sub-Saharan Africa, absent for the dense forests and arid areas, but otherwise occurring in a wide variety of habitats. It feeds on a wide range of insects, as well as a Honeybees (Apis mellifera) and the honey they produce. It is a brood parasite, laying mainly in barbets nests, laying about 18-20 eggs in the whole breeding season. Soon after the chick hatches it viciously kills the host birds chicks, with extraordinary strength.

Indicator variegatus (Scaly-throated honeyguide) 

Prodotiscus regulus (Brown-backed honeybird, Sharp-billed honeyguide)

Prodotiscus zambesiae (Green-backed honeybird, Slender-billed honeyguide)