Eastern nicator
The eastern nicator (Nicator gularis) is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, 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]
| Eastern nicator | |
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| A juvenile in begging pose, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nicatoridae |
| Genus: | Nicator |
| Species: | N. gularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicator gularis | |
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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.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Nicator gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Eastern Nicator (= Yellow-spotted Nicator) - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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