Nicator chloris
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The western nicator (Nicator chloris) is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae. 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.
It is mainly native to the African tropical rainforest. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps. It prefers well-established secondary growth forest from 700 to 1,850 metres (2,300 to 6,070 ft).
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Western Nicator sighting in Kibale National Park on a given day, based on 626 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 366 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Western Nicator in Kibale National Park on a given day, against about 30% in March, June, August–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Kibale National Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Nicator sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Western Nicator sightings, Kibale National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 60%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Western Nicator that you can see in Kibale National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 60%), Little Greenbul (about 50%) and Gray-headed Negrofinch (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Nicator is recorded against all the birds logged in Kibale National Park (626 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
