Genus: Platysteira
Description
An African genus comprising several species of Wattle-eye. They are small, stocky, active flycatchers with short tails. Four species have red wattles, while the wattles are blue, green, or violet in the remaining species.
Taxonomy
Platysteira is one of about six genera in the family Platysteiridae. This genus includes some but not all species formerly placed in genus Dyaphorophyia; those are the species with wattles differing from red.
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| P. cyanea | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | ||
| P. albifrons | White-fronted Wattle-eye | ||
| P. peltata | Black-throated Wattle-eye | ||
| P. laticincta | Banded Wattle-eye | ||
| P. blissetti | Red-cheeked Wattle-eye | ||
| P. chalybea | Black-necked Wattle-eye | ||
| P. jamesoni | Jameson's Wattle-eye | ||
| P. concreta | Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | ||
References
- Njabo paper on Wattle-eye phylogeny
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Platysteira. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Platysteira
Pages in category ‘Platysteira’
The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
