Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Platysteira

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0

Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0

Platysteira cyanea aethiopica

eastern South Sudan and Ethiopia
Platysteira cyanea cyanea

Senegal to Gabon, Angola, western Central African Republic, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Platysteira cyanea nyansae

eastern Central African Republic and eastern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo to southern South Sudan, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.