Black-throated wattle-eye

Black-throated wattle-eye
Female, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Male, same location
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Platysteira
Species: P. peltata
Binomial name
Platysteira peltata
Sundevall, 1850

The black-throated wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Platysteira peltata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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