West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora) | Photos and ID

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West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Roland Godon, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Antoine Thivolle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Antoine Thivolle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 5 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

West African Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia hormophora), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Nathan Mesnildrey, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the West African Wattle-eye

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the West African Wattle-eye

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ghana Liberia Sierra Leone Côte d’Ivoire Guinea

About the West African Wattle-eye

The West African wattle-eye is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. 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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Easily confused with

White-spotted Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia tonsaThe white-spotted wattle-eye is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family Platysteiridae.

Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castaneaThe chestnut wattle-eye is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae.

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