Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Wattle-eyes :: Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea

Described by: Müller, Statius (1776)
Alternate common name(s): Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye, Common Wattle-eye
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda - Jan, 2006 © Tom Tarrant  Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda - Jan, 2006 © Tom Tarrant  Kenya - Aug, 2003 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Lamin, The Gambia - Nov 22, 2004 © Ian Esland 
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Range

W. to c. Africa;
(1) Senegambia, sw. Mali and Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, s. Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, ex. nw. Angola, and Central African Republic.
(2) S. Sudan, n. Zaire, Uganda (islands in Lake Victoria), Rwanda, Burundi, w. Kenya and nw. Tanzania.
(3) E. Ethiopia.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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