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Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea) ©WikiC

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. (Matthew 13:32 ESV)

CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Platysteiridae – Wattle-eyes, Batises

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I.O.C. 3.1 Version
Genus (5), Species (33), Subspecies

Megabyas
African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus)
____ (Megabyas flammulatus flammulatus)
____ (Megabyas flammulatus aequatorialis)
Bias
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus)
____ (Bias musicus musicus)
____ (Bias musicus changamwensis)
____ (Bias musicus clarens)
Batis
Ruwenzori Batis (Batis diops)
Margaret’s Batis (Batis margaritae)
____ (Batis margaritae margaritae)
____ (Batis margaritae kathleenae)
Forest Batis (Batis mixta)
____ (Batis mixta ultima)
____ (Batis mixta mixta)
Reichenow’s Batis (Batis reichenowi)
Dark Batis (Batis crypta)
Cape Batis (Batis capensis)
____ (Batis capensis sola)
____ (Batis capensis dimorpha)
____ (Batis capensis kennedyi)
____ (Batis capensis erythrophthalma)
____ (Batis capensis hollidayi)
____ (Batis capensis capensis)
Woodward’s Batis (Batis fratrum) ©WikiC
Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) ©WikiC
____ (Batis molitor puella)
____ (Batis molitor pintoi)
____ (Batis molitor palliditergum)
____ (Batis molitor molitor)
Senegal Batis (Batis senegalensis) ©WikiC
Grey-headed Batis (Batis orientalis)
____ (Batis orientalis chadensis)
____ (Batis orientalis lynesi)
____ (Batis orientalis orientalis)
Pale Batis (Batis soror)
Pririt Batis (Batis pririt)
____ (Batis pririt affinis)
____ (Batis pririt pririt)
Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor)
Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri)
Pygmy Batis (Batis perkeo)
Angola Batis (Batis minulla)
Gabon Batis (Batis minima)
Ituri Batis (Batis ituriensis)
Fernando Po Batis (Batis poensis)
____ (Batis poensis occulta)
____ (Batis poensis poensis)
Lanioturdus
White-tailed Shrike (Lanioturdus torquatus)
Platysteira
West African Wattle-eye (Platysteira hormophora)
Chestnut Wattle-eye (Platysteira castanea)
White-spotted Wattle-eye (Platysteira tonsa)
Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta)
Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) ©WikiC
____ (Platysteira peltata cryptoleuca)
____ (Platysteira peltata mentalis)
____ (Platysteira peltata peltata)
White-fronted Wattle-eye (Platysteira albifrons)
Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea) ©WikiC
____ (Platysteira cyanea cyanea)
____ (Platysteira cyanea nyansae)
____ (Platysteira cyanea aethiopica)
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (Platysteira concreta)
____ (Platysteira concreta concreta)
____ (Platysteira concreta ansorgei)
____ (Platysteira concreta graueri)
____ (Platysteira concreta kungwensis)
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye (Platysteira blissetti)
Black-necked Wattle-eye (Platysteira chalybea)
Jameson’s Wattle-eye (Platysteira jamesoni)

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