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Male
Photo © by volker sthamer
Budongo Forest, Uganda, 23 January, 2020

Dyaphorophyia castanea

Platysteira castanea

Identification

10–11cm
Male

Glossy black upperparts
White underparts and rump
Black breast band
Grey bare skin (eye wattle) around eye
Dark brown iris

Female

Dull brownish-black
Grey head
White belly and chin
Chestnut chest and sides to head

Distribution

Africa: from southern Nigeria to South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, northern Tanzania and northern Angola.

Taxonomy

It was formerly considered conspecific with West African Wattle-eye.
This species is placed in the genus Platysteira by some authorities[2].

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

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

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Birdforum thread with Wattle-eye phylogeny discussed in post 15
Answers.com
novelguide.com

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Chestnut Wattle-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut_Wattle-eye

External Links

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 ==Identification==
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 *Chestnut chest and sides to head
 ==Distribution==
-Central [[Africa]:
+[[Africa]]: from southern [[Nigeria]] to [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], northern [[Tanzania]] and northern [[Angola]].
-'''Western Africa''': [[Guinea]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] and [[Angola]]<br />
-'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Zambia]]<br />
-'''African Islands''': Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
 ==Taxonomy==
-Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+It was formerly considered [[Dictionary_A-C#C|conspecific]] with [[West African Wattle-eye]].<br />
-*''P.c. hormophora'':
+This species is placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Platysteira|Platysteira]]'' by some authorities[[#References|[2]]].
-:*[[Sierra Leone]] to [[Togo]] - sometimes recognized as full species, West African Wattle-eye
+====Subspecies====
-*''P.c. castanea'':
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species[[#References|[1]]].
-:*Southern [[Nigeria]] to south-eastern [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], northern [[Tanzania]], northern [[Angola]]
-There seems to be a deep divergence in DNA sequences within this species, indicating a possible future split wich is already accepted by Gill and Donsker.
-This species is placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Dyaphorophyia|Dyaphorophyia]]'' by some authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
 Swamps, damp savanna, moist lowland forests to 1,800m.
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 Monogamous.  Its nest is small and cup-shaped; 1-2 glossy blue-green eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 17 days.
 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=171830 Birdforum thread] with Wattle-eye phylogeny discussed in post 15
+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct24}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen24V14.2}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=171830 Birdforum thread] with Wattle-eye phylogeny discussed in post 15
 #Answers.com
 #novelguide.com
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+{{GSearch|"Platysteira castanea" {{!}} "Dyaphorophyia castanea" {{!}} "Chestnut Wattle-eye"}}
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Platysteira]]  [[Category:Missing Images]]
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