The Scaly-throated Honeyguide has fine streaks on its throat and feeds in forests and dense woodland on beeswax, bees, and other insects.
It is about 18–19 cm long. Its yellowish-white throat has fine dark streaks, its breast is mottled, and its forecrown has pale flecks.
Its foods include beeswax, honeybee larvae, pupae and adults, and other insects. It sometimes also eats seeds and fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.