Brown-throated Wattle-eye

This species breeds in west, central and northeast tropical Africa. This common species is found in secondary forest and other woodland areas, including gardens. The eggs are laid in a small neat lichen and cobweb cup low in a tree or bush.

The Brown-throated 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 adult Brown-throated Wattle-eye is a stout bird about 14 cm long. The breeding male has glossy black upperparts, and white underparts with a neat black breast band. There is a strong white wingbar, and fleshy red wattles above the eye. The females are grey-black above, and also have the white wing bar and red wattles. There is a small patch of white below the bill, and the throat and breast are maroon, separated from the white belly by the black breast band. More

known as the Brown-throated Wattle-eye, is a small, insectivorous passerine bird. The wattle-eyes were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now usually separated from that group.This species breeds in west, central and northeast tropical Africa. This common species is found in secondary forest and other woodland areas, including gardens. The eggs are laid in a small neat lichen and cobweb cup low in a tree or bush. More

Clements calls this Brown-throated Wattle-eye, not that it would effect the index at this stage as this is a new bird for the pool and should be tagged FBW:newbird. Enjoying all your other photos from Gambia, happy memories. Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink ) view profile suerob Pro User says: Thank you Martin! As suggested, I've added new tags with your information. Posted 40 months ago. More

Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Eastern Grey Plantain Eater, Ashy Flycatcher, Usambiro Babet, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Woodland Kingfisher and some magnificent Southern Ground Hornbill. In the evening we caught up with the Square-tailed Nightjar that was calling on the hill we were staying on. Our last day in Tanzania was essentially a travel day, but we enjoyed two Lionesses walking alongside the road on our way out and a distant Cheetah. More

Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea) by Mike Nelson from Ghana XC45579 :: Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea cyanea) = Recording data Recordist Mike Nelson Date 01-03-10 Time 3:30pm Country Ghana Location Winneba Plains, Ghana Longitude not specified Latitude More