List of Birds of Mozambique - 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 Mozambique.

  • Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
  • Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
  • Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta
  • Cape Batis Batis capensis
  • Woodward's Batis Batis fratrum
  • Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
  • Pale Batis Batis soror

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