Western Nicator (Nicator chloris) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestPlatform nestSmall · 46 g

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 1 — Photo: Valentin Moser · CC BY 4.0

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 2 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Valentin Moser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Western Nicator (Nicator chloris), photo 10 — Photo: (c) tlaloc27, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

It is very similar to the eastern nicator, but the sides of the face and crown are olive green. It is best identified by its range and some of its vocalizations.

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When to see the Western Nicator

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Western Nicator

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 19 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Ghana Nigeria Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon Congo - Kinshasa Equatorial Guinea Liberia Gabon Congo - Brazzaville Sierra Leone Guinea-Bissau Benin Central African Republic Guinea Tanzania Togo Senegal Zambia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Angola.

About the Western Nicator

The western nicator is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae.

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Easily confused with

Eastern NicatorNicator gularisThe eastern nicator is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae. Yellow-throated NicatorNicator vireoThe yellow-throated nicator is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae.

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