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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length 9 cm. Blue-green eye wattles; black bill, legs and feet; chestnut patches extend from beneath the eyes down the sides of the neck; black throat and white lower breast and belly. | Length 9 cm. Blue-green eye wattles; black bill, legs and feet; chestnut patches extend from beneath the eyes down the sides of the neck; black throat and white lower breast and belly. | ||
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[[Red-cheeked Wattle-eye]] which has a larger chestnut cheek-patch; ranges do not overlap. | [[Red-cheeked Wattle-eye]] which has a larger chestnut cheek-patch; ranges do not overlap. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | + | Eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], extreme southern [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]], western [[Kenya]], and extreme northwestern [[Tanzania]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | This is a [[Dictionary_M- | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
This species is placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Dyaphorophyia|Dyaphorophyia]]'' by some authorities.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> | This species is placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Dyaphorophyia|Dyaphorophyia]]'' by some authorities.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forest understory and secondary growth. | Forest understory and secondary growth. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Platysteira+jamesoni}} | {{GSearch|Platysteira+jamesoni}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 15 February 2020
- Platysteira jamesoni
Identification
Length 9 cm. Blue-green eye wattles; black bill, legs and feet; chestnut patches extend from beneath the eyes down the sides of the neck; black throat and white lower breast and belly.
The male has glossy black upperparts whereas the upperparts of the female are dark grey.
Similar species
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye which has a larger chestnut cheek-patch; ranges do not overlap.
Distribution
Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and extreme northwestern Tanzania.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species is placed in the genus Dyaphorophyia by some authorities.[2]
Habitat
Forest understory and secondary growth.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Whistled tsip tsip tseer and a monotonous tsip tsip tsip tsip....
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. 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