The West African wattle-eye (Platysteira hormophora) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.
West African wattle-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Platysteiridae |
Genus: | Platysteira |
Species: | P. hormophora
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Binomial name | |
Platysteira hormophora (Reichenow, 1901)
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Dyaphorophyia hormophora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22736075A112336009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22736075A112336009.en. Retrieved 8 December 2018.