- Platysteira concreta
Identification
9–10 cm
The eye-wattle is green and smaller in the female than the male. Dark grey-green upperparts; underparts yellow with varying chestnut markings.
Distribution
Tropical Africa: Discontinuous distribution from Sierra Leone to western Kenya, western Tanzania and Angola.
Taxonomy
This species is placed in the genus Dyaphorophyia by some authorities.[2]
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized:[1]
- P.c. concreta:
- P.c. ansorgei:
- Escarpment of western Angola (Cuanza Norte to northern Huila)
- P.c. graueri:
- Nigeria to Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kenya
- P.c. kungwensis:
- Extreme western Tanzania (Mahale Mountains: Mount Nkungwe and Mount Mahale)
Habitat
Forest understorey.
Behaviour
Diet
A wide variety of insects, which includes flies, beetles and caterpillars.
Vocalisation
A wheeo whistle, followed by a rapid chik chik.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-bellied_Wattle-eye
