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Platysteira chalybea

[edit] Identification

Length 9 cm. Green-blue eye wattle.

Male: The head, throat, upper breast and upperparts are glossy green-black with a white rump; lower breast and belly yellowish white.

Female: Similar to the male, but less glossy; eye wattle is smaller.

[edit] Distribution

Western Africa: found in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola
African Islands: Bioko (Fernando Po)

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], sometimes considered a subspecies of Red-cheeked Wattle-eye.^[3]

This species is placed in the genus Dyaphorophyia by some authorities.^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Dense undergrowth of forest and old plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalization

Series of notes tee di-dee-deee dee dee durr decending in pitch; also a dry tik chee hee.

[edit] References

1. 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.
2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
3. Avibase

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