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Nicator vireo

[edit] Identification

14cm. Upperparts dark green, head tinged grey, short yellow stripe above the eye, bordered on top with a black line, grey cheeks, yellow throat, undertail green yellow, yellow tip on tail, yellow wing spots. Sexes alike. Juvenile resembles adult, but greener forehead and less yellow on throat.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and Uganda.

[edit] Taxonomy

The species is monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes large dragonflies, also caterpillars, beetles, and mantids.

2 greyish eggs spotted with yellow, red, and grey, are laid and incubated by female, while male stays nearby and sings. Young fed by both parents.

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