List of Birds of Burundi - Wattle-eyes

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 7 species which occur in Burundi.

  • Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
  • Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
  • Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
  • Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
  • Ruwenzori Batis Batis diops
  • Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
  • Black-headed Batis Batis minor

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