Species profile
Banded Wattle-eye
Platysteira laticincta
Quick answer
Bamenda Mountains (w Cameroon)
- Scientific name
- Platysteira laticincta
- Family
- Platysteiridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Platysteira
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Banded Wattle-eye in your journal
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Related species in Platysteiridae
- African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus)
- Angola Batis (Batis minulla)
- Batis mystica (Batis mystica)
- Batis puella (Batis puella)
- Bioko Batis (Batis poensis)
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus)
- Black-necked Wattle-eye (Platysteira chalybea)
- Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata)