Biology:Banded wattle-eye
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Platysteiridae |
| Genus: | Platysteira |
| Species: | P. laticincta
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| Binomial name | |
| Platysteira laticincta Bates, 1926
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The banded wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is endemic to the Bamenda Highlands in western Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In particular, it likely prefers low-altitude forests with more bare ground and denser undergrowth cover.[2]
It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2025). "Platysteira laticincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T22707929A266313904.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22707929/266313904.
- ↑ A., Valery Binda; Mayaka, Theodore B. (January 2019). "Occupancy and Conservation Prospects of Endemic Banded Wattle-Eye Platysteira laticincta in the Kilum–Ijim Community Forest, Northwestern Cameroon". Tropical Conservation Science 12: 194008291988288. doi:10.1177/1940082919882884. ISSN 1940-0829.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1314581 entry
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