Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta)

Other Names (World)
Banded Wattle-eye, Bamenda Wattle-eye

Family
Platysteiridae (Batises And Wattle-eyes)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bates, 1926

Habitat
Thick understorey of montane forest, dominated by Podocarpus, Schefflera and Prunus, favouring streams or dry stream courses. From 1,800 - 2,450 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon (B) (NB).

Bamenda Highlands, in western Cameroon.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Forest clearance for agriculture, grazing, firewood and timber is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Discordant whistles, three-to-four-note phrases, similar to song of Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata).

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) [XC98957]
by Pawe\u0142 Szyma\u0144ski from Lake Awing, Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon (song)

Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) [XC384020]
by id from Babanki, Mezam, Northwest, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) and Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include laticincta as a subspecies of Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta).

Traditionally, all members of genus treated as a superspecies, but untenable on grounds of geographical overlap and morphological characters. Better treated as forming a superspecies with Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) and often considered conspecific, but geographically and ecologically isolated in montane habitat and exhibits not altogether negligible plumage differences.

References
See References.

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