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Platysteira castanea

[edit] Identification

10–11cm. Male - glossy black upperparts, white underparts and rump, black breast band, grey bare skin (eye wattle) around eye, darl brown iris. Female - dull brown black, grey head, white belly and chin, chestnut chest and sides to head.

[edit] Distribution

Central west Africa

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Swamps, damp savanna, moist lowland forests to 1,800m.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

Monogamous. Its nest is small and cup-shaped; 1-2 glossy blue-green eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 17 days.

[edit] References

Answers.com

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