Eastern nicator
| Eastern nicator | |
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| A juvenile in begging pose, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification 
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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 | |
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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]
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]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "SABAP2 | 725 | Nicator, Eastern". Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Eastern Nicator (= Yellow-spotted Nicator) - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.