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Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Platysteira

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira peltata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (btweye1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Platysteira

Subspecies (3)

Platysteira peltata cryptoleuca

Somalia to eastern Zimbabwe and northern Mozambique; Mafia Island
Platysteira peltata mentalis

Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, and western Tanzania
Platysteira peltata peltata

Zambia to Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, and eastern South Africa

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (btweye1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.