Black-necked Wattle-eye
Platysteira chalybea(Reichenow, A, 1897)
English (US) Black-necked Wattle-eye
The Black-necked Wattle-eye (Platysteira chalybea) 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: humid forest of southern Cameroon and Gabon; BiokoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Platysteira chalybea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-necked Wattle-eye
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Diaphorophyia chalybea
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1897)
- Type locality
- Bipinde, Cameroon.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 5 p.46
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Wattle-eyes and Batises
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
Jameson's Wattle-eye
Platysteira jamesoni
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Platysteira concreta
Margaret's Batis
Batis margaritae
Short-tailed Batis
Batis mixta
Dark Batis
Batis crypta
Rwenzori Batis
Batis diops
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