West African wattle-eye

West African wattle-eye
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Platysteira
Species: P. hormophora
Binomial name
Platysteira hormophora
Reichenow, 1901

The West African wattle-eye (Platysteira hormophora) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and moist savanna.

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