Black-throated Wattle-eye

The Black-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.

Black-throated Wattle-eye, and various bulbuls join feeding-flocks. A surprise on this occasion was a Mountain (aka Long-tailed) Wagtail picking its way around the few rock-pools that are left in the river bed: this is a species I’ve only ever seen along fast-running upland streams before, so I assume that somewhere along it’s length the River Gogo must have water in it. More

The Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Platysteira peltata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. Stub icon This songbird-related article is a stub. More

Distribution of Black-throated wattle-eye in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2. More

Black-throated Wattle-eye action = by Guy Upfold It’s difficult to photograph any bird in low light and Black-throated Wattle-eye presents even more problems with its black and white plumage because under-exposing the white plumage leaves the blacks without detail and over-exposing slightly leaves no detail in the whites. More

Black-throated Wattle-eye (Latin name Platysteira peltata) is described in Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, 7th Edition. This bird has a unique Roberts number of 705 and you will find a full description of this bird on page 719 also a picture of the Black-throated Wattle-eye on page 720. The Black-throated Wattle-eye belongs to the family of birds classified as Malaconotidae. More