Wattle-eyes
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Platysteiridae
The wattle-eyes or puffback flycatchers are small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. They get their name from the brightly coloured fleshy eye decorations found in most species in this group. There are 31 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in Benin.
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Fernando Po Batis Batis poensis
- West African Batis Batis occulta
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Benin