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Platysteira laticincta

[edit] Identification

Length 13 cm.

Adult male: White underparts with a broad blue-black band across belly; black upperparts with blue or green iridescent sheen; bare red wattle above the eye.

Adult female: Similar to the male, but throat and breast black.

Similar species: Black-throated Wattle-eye is similar, but the upper parts are not glossy, and the breast-band of the male is narrower.

[edit] Distribution

Bamenda Mountains (western Cameroon)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Montane forest.

[edit] Status

Endangered as a result of habitat loss.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Three eggs are laid.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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