The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide occurs in Asia, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Its orange forehead and rump stand out, and it feeds on beeswax and insects.
It has dusky olive upperparts, an orange forehead, lores, and rump, and a yellowish chin. Its pale gray underparts have dark streaks.
It lives in coniferous and dry deciduous forests with rocky boulders or cliffs. Its diet includes beeswax and insects, which it may catch in flight.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.