Eastern nicator

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Eastern nicator
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A juvenile in begging pose, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nicatoridae
Genus: Nicator
Species:
N. gularis
Binomial name
Nicator gularis
Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870
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The eastern nicator (Nicator gularis) is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae. It is found in Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It occurs south to around Mtunzini in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is regularly reported from lowland areas north through to east Africa, including inland areas along the Zambezi River. [2]

Contents

This species was formerly called the "yellow-spotted nicator" although this is no longer the case, with that name now belonging solely to the central African western nicator.

Diet

It is an insectivore. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Nicator gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22713100A118717050. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22713100A118717050.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "SABAP2 | 725 | Nicator, Eastern". Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  3. Wambugu, Geoffrey M.; Amakobe, Bernard; Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.; Githiru, Mwangi (December 2023). "Elevational patterns of species richness and community structure of understorey birds in an East African montane forest". African Journal of Ecology. 62 (1). doi:10.1111/aje.13235. ISSN   0141-6707.