Jameson's Wattle-eye

Platysteira jamesoni

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 11 g

When to see the Jameson's Wattle-eye

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Jameson's Wattle-eye

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Kinshasa.

About the Jameson's Wattle-eye

Jameson's wattle-eye is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is named after James Sligo Jameson.

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