Chestnut Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia castanea(Fraser, L, 1843)
English (US) Chestnut Wattle-eye
The Chestnut Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia castanea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Platysteiridae (Wattle-eyes and Batises) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Benin and southwestern Nigeria eastward to southeastern Sudan, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania, and southward to northwestern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern ZambiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut Wattle-eye
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Platysteira castanea
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1843)
- Type locality
- Clarence (= Malabo), Fernando Po.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.10, no.117 p.141
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Lanioturdus torquatus
West African Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia hormophora
White-spotted Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia tonsa
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea
White-fronted Wattle-eye
Platysteira albifrons
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Banded Wattle-eye
Platysteira laticincta
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Platysteira blissetti
Black-necked Wattle-eye
Platysteira chalybea
Jameson's Wattle-eye
Platysteira jamesoni
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Platysteira concreta
Margaret's Batis
Batis margaritae
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