Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Platysteira blissetti
Tiny black-and-white rainforest wattle-eye. Both sexes have a chestnut patch on the side of the face and blue bare skin around the eye, though this eye wattle is larger in males. Found in the understory of rainforest. Inconspicuous and difficult to observe; most readily detected by vocalizations. These are variable, but consist of piercing, high-pitched whistles which are repeated, sometimes for a long time. Somewhat similar to West African and Chestnut Wattle-eyes, but does not have a black chest band or extensive chestnut throat.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Platysteira blissetti
- Authority
- (Sharpe, 1872)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Platysteiridae
- Genus
- Platysteira
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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