nicator

plural nicators

1. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Nicator.

   With relatively large, hooked bills, the nicators feed on a variety of invertebrates and small vertebrates.

   2016, Irby J. Lovette, John W. Fitzpatrick, Handbook of Bird Biology, →ISBN, page 55

   2 more examples

   West African nicators (amapopo) are closely associated with chimpanzees, which are said to be found where this bird sings beautifully.

   1996, African Study Monographs: Supplementary issue - Issues 22-27

   The nicators, which resemble a cross between a greenbul and a bushshrike, comprise just three species, all found in Africa.

   2016, Warwick Tarboton, Guide to Birds of the Kruger National Park, →ISBN