- Platysteira cyanea
Identification
14cm
Male
- Glossy black above
- White below
- Black breast band
- White wingbar
- Fleshy red wattles above the eye
Female
- Grey-black upperparts
- White wing bar
- Red wattles
- Small white chin patch
- Maroon throat and breast
- Black breast band
- White belly
Young males : paler and greyer than female
Distribution
West, central and northeast Africa
Western Africa: Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC and Angola.
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 3 subspecies:
- P. c. cyanea:
- Senegal to Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic and Zaire
- P. c. aethiopica:
- P. c. nyansae:
Habitat
Gallery forest, primary and secondary Guinea savanna woodland, mature mangrove woodland, river banks, gardens and Farmland.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects.
Breeding
It builds a cup nest made from lichen and cobweb, placed low in a bush or tree.
Vocalisation
A ringing whistling call.
References
- 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.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-throated Wattle-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-throated_Wattle-eye