Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

The Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (Platysteira concreta) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. References - * BirdLife International 2004. More

Image Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Dyaphorophyia concreta kungwensis A pair of the very distinctive endemic subspecies of Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye were netted in montant forest with a bamboo understory at 2500 m on Mfitwa Mountain in Mahale Mountains National Park. November 2006 Folder Maps Distribution maps of Tanzanian birds in pdf-format. More

Image Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Dyaphorophyia concreta kungwensis A pair of the very distinctive endemic subspecies of Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye were netted in montant forest with a bamboo understory at 2500 m on Mfitwa ... More

Chestnut and Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyes were also gracious attendees at a few bird parties. Just before dusk we set off for the rockfowl ritual again. This time all strategies were employed, bathe to get rid of sweat, add Deet and repellent, the works to try and keep the annoying bees at bay. More