Platysteira
Genus of birds
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Platysteira is a genus of bird in the family Platysteiridae.
| Platysteira | |
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| Brown-throated wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Platysteiridae |
| Genus: | Platysteira Jardine & Selby, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa melanoptera[1] Gmelin, 1789 | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
The genus contains the following eight species:[2]
- 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