''Platysteira'' is a genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family
Platysteiridae
Platysteiridae is a family of small, stout passerine birds of the African tropics. The family contains the wattle-eyes, batises and shrike-flycatchers. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatchers, Muscicapidae. These ...
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It contains the following species:
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Black-throated wattle-eye, ''Platysteira peltata''
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Black-necked wattle-eye, ''Platysteira chalybea''
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Banded wattle-eye
The banded wattle-eye (''Platysteira laticincta'') is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is endemic to the Bamenda Highlands in western Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Ca ...
, ''Platysteira laticincta''
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Chestnut wattle-eye, ''Platysteira castanea''
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West African wattle-eye, ''Platysteira hormophora''
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Brown-throated wattle-eye
The brown-throated wattle-eye (''Platysteira cyanea''), also known as the common wattle-eye or scarlet-spectacled wattle-eye, is a small, insectivorous passerine bird. The wattle-eyes were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World fl ...
, ''Platysteira cyanea''
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Jameson's wattle-eye
Jameson's wattle-eye (''Platysteira jamesoni'') is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae.
It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lo ...
, ''Platysteira jamesoni''
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Red-cheeked wattle-eye, ''Platysteira blissetti''
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White-fronted wattle-eye, ''Platysteira albifrons''
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White-spotted wattle-eye, ''Platysteira tonsa''
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Yellow-bellied wattle-eye, ''Platysteira concreta''
Platysteiridae
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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