Monday, August 20, 2012

>Nicator gularis (Eastern Nicator)

Eastern Nicator



Eastern Nicator
A juvenile in begging pose, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Nicator
Species:N. gularis
Binomial name
Nicator gularis
Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870
The Eastern Nicator (Nicator gularis) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. 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. One recent record from Satara Camp,Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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