West African Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia hormophoraReichenow, A, 1901
English (US) West African Wattle-eye
The West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora) 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: Sierra Leone to TogoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- West African Wattle-eye
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1901
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diaphorophyia hormophora
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1901
- Type locality
- no locality; type, in Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, from Misahohe, Togoland, fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Avium Aethiopicarum, p. 426.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 49, no.2 p.285
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Wattle-eyes and Batises
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Lanioturdus torquatus
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia castanea
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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