Birds Guide

The wattle-eyes or puffback flycatchers are small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

They get their name from the brightly coloured fleshy eye decorations found in most species in this group.

These insect-eating birds are found in usually open forests or bush. They hunt by flycatching, or by taking prey from the ground like a shrike. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush.

• Family: Platysteiridae
  • African Shrike-flycatcher, Megabyas flammulatus
  • Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Bias musicus
  • Common Wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea
  • White-fronted Wattle-eye, Platysteira albifrons
  • Black-throated Wattle-eye, Platysteira peltata
  • Banded Wattle-eye, Platysteira laticincta
  • Chestnut Wattle-eye, Platysteira castanea
  • White-spotted Wattle-eye, Platysteira tonsa
  • Red-cheeked Wattle-eye, Platysteira blissetti
  • Black-necked Wattle-eye, Platysteira chalybea
  • Jameson's Wattle-eye, Platysteira jamesoni
  • Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Platysteira concreta
  • Boulton's Batis, Batis margaritae
  • Short-tailed Batis, Batis mixta
  • Ruwenzori Batis, Batis diops
  • Cape Batis, Batis capensis
  • Woodward's Batis, Batis fratrum
  • Chinspot Batis, Batis molitor
  • Pale Batis, Batis soror
  • Pririt Batis, Batis pririt
  • Senegal Batis, Batis senegalensis
  • Gray-headed Batis, Batis orientalis
  • Black-headed Batis, Batis minor
  • Pygmy Batis, Batis perkeo
  • Verreaux's Batis, Batis minima
  • Ituri Batis, Batis ituriensis
  • Fernando Po Batis, Batis poensis
  • West African Batis, Batis occulta
  • Angola Batis, Batis minulla
  • White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus

External links

• Wattle-eye videos on the Internet Bird Collection