Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae (Wattle-eyes, Batises)  
Genus: Platysteira (11 species)


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White-fronted Wattle-eye (Platysteira albifrons) Near Threatened
Range: AF: w Angola and sw DR Congo
 



Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye (Platysteira blissetti)
Range: AF: Guinea and Sierra Leone tp c Nigeria and ne Cameroon
Loma Mountains, Sierra Leone  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Chestnut Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye (Platysteira castanea) Female
Range: AF: Nigeria to s Sudan, w Kenya and n Zambia
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Black-necked Wattle-eye (Platysteira chalybea)
Range: AF: c Cameroon and Central African Republic to Gabon and Congo and wc Angola
 



Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (Platysteira concreta graueri) Male
Range: AF: w, c
Campo Ma'an, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea) Male
Range: AF: w, c
Lake Albert, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea cyanea) Female
Range: AF: w, c
The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


West African Wattle-eye
West African Wattle-eye (Platysteira hormophora) Male
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Benin
Kakum National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

West African Wattle-eye
West African Wattle-eye (Platysteira hormophora) Female
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Benin
Atewa, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Jameson's Wattle-eye (Platysteira jamesoni)
Range: AF: ne DR Congo and s South Sudan to Burundi and w Kenya
 



Banded Wattle-eye
Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) Male Endangered
Range: AF: sw Cameroon
Baba II, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata peltata) Male
Range: AF: c, e, se
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata peltata) Female
Range: AF: c, e, se
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata peltata) Immature
Range: AF: c, e, se
Garneton, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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White-spotted Wattle-eye (Platysteira tonsa)
Range: AF: s Nigeria to Gabon and Congo and ec DR Congo
 




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