Chestnut wattle-eye
| Chestnut wattle-eye | |
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| Male specimen left, female right Nairobi National Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Platysteiridae |
| Genus: | Platysteira |
| Species: | P. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysteira castanea Fraser, 1843 | |
The chestnut wattle-eye (Platysteira castanea) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.[2]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Platysteira castanea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Platysteira castanea". International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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