- Platysteira tonsa
Identification
Length 9 cm. Lilac eye wattles and small white spots behind the eyes, black bill, legs and feet.
Male: Glossy black upperparts with a white rump, throat and collar. It has a broad black breast band and white belly.
Female: Slate-grey head (crown darker than cheeks), white malar stripe, chestnut throat, breast and upperparts, and white belly.
Distribution
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species is placed in the genus Dyaphorophyia by some authorities.
Habitat
Closed-canopy forest.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Includes a chee twee chee whistle and a pee dunk call note.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
