The Lesser Honeyguide occurs in wooded habitats in southern Africa. It searches for insects around bark and tree holes and may lay its eggs in the nests of other birds.
Adult males and females look alike, with yellowish green backs and wings and grayish heads. In southern Africa, a dark facial stripe is a useful identification mark.
It uses a keen sense of smell, along with sight and hearing, to find hidden beehives, but does not guide people to them. It gleans insects and is a brood parasite of birds that nest in tree holes in southern Africa.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.