This honeyguide is associated with forest in West Africa. A Cameroon tour report recorded one individual each on Mount Cameroon and Mount Kupe.
The individual in the Macaulay Library photograph has olive-brown upperparts, a pale underside with fine brown streaks, and a thick dark bill.
Oiseaux.net describes Indicator minor conirostris in woodland and forest and as feeding on invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.