wattle-eyes
platysteiridae latin

In the wattle-eyes the supra-orbital wattles above the eyes, which give them their name, are used for communication.

A few wattle-eyes depart from this pattern and possess brightly coloured plumage.

The family contains the wattle-eyes, batises and shrike-flycatchers.

Platysteiridae: wattle-eyes.

It is often placed with the wattle-eyes and batises in the Platysteiridae family but may be more closely related to the helmetshrikes and woodshrikes.

The wattle-eyes were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now usually separated from that group.

The tail length is variable, with the Dyaphorophyia wattle-eyes and batises having short tails and the Platysteria wattle-eyes and shrike-flycatchers possessing longish tails.

The shrike-flycatchers and the genus Dyaphorophyia are birds of dense forest, the rest of the wattle-eyes are found in woodland, and the batises range across all habitats except the densest forests of the Congo Basin and the driest deserts.

They have been formerly regarded as Old World warblers in the Sylviidae family, or related to the batises and wattle-eyes in the family Platysteiridae, bush-shrikes in the family Malaconotidae, or even Old-World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae.

Platysteira is a genus of bird in the Platysteiridae family.

The Platysteiridae are small to medium sized passerines.

The Platysteiridae are arboreal birds, primarily of the woodlands and forests of sub-Saharan Africa.

Platysteiridae: wattle-eyes.

It is often placed with the wattle-eyes and batises in the Platysteiridae family but may be more closely related to the helmetshrikes and woodshrikes.

The White-tailed Shrike (Lanioturdus torquatus) is a small passerine bird from the family Platysteiridae.

The Forest Batis or Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae.

The Dark Batis (Batis crypta) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Batis in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae.

They have been formerly regarded as Old World warblers in the Sylviidae family, or related to the batises and wattle-eyes in the family Platysteiridae, bush-shrikes in the family Malaconotidae, or even Old-World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae.