Wattle-eye
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The wattle-eyes or puffback flycatchers are small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
They get their name from the brightly coloured fleshy eye decorations found in most species in this group.
These insect-eating birds are found in usually open forests or bush. They hunt by flycatching, or by taking prey from the ground like a shrike. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush.
- African Shrike-flycatcher, Megabyas flammulatus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Bias musicus
- Common Wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea
- White-fronted Wattle-eye, Platysteira albifrons
- Black-throated Wattle-eye, Platysteira peltata
- Banded Wattle-eye, Platysteira laticincta
- Chestnut Wattle-eye, Platysteira castanea
- White-spotted Wattle-eye, Platysteira tonsa
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye, Platysteira blissetti
- Black-necked Wattle-eye, Platysteira chalybea
- Jameson's Wattle-eye, Platysteira jamesoni
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Platysteira concreta
- Boulton's Batis, Batis margaritae
- Short-tailed Batis, Batis mixta
- Ruwenzori Batis, Batis diops
- Cape Batis, Batis capensis
- Woodward's Batis, Batis fratrum
- Chinspot Batis, Batis molitor
- Pale Batis, Batis soror
- Pririt Batis, Batis pririt
- Senegal Batis, Batis senegalensis
- Gray-headed Batis, Batis orientalis
- Black-headed Batis, Batis minor
- Pygmy Batis, Batis perkeo
- Verreaux's Batis, Batis minima
- Ituri Batis, Batis ituriensis
- Fernando Po Batis, Batis poensis
- West African Batis, Batis occulta
- Angola Batis, Batis minulla
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
[edit] External links
- Wattle-eye videos on the Internet Bird Collection
