Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
White-fronted Wattle-eye
Common Names in French:
Gobemouche caroncul? ? front blanc
Common Names in German:
Weißstirn-Lappenschnäpper
Common Names in Japanese:
クロオビメガネヒタキ
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It is found in dry thicket in woodland, gallery forest
and at the
edges
of mangrove
forest and is common in Croton thickets
on the plateau
in Quiçama National Park1.
It feeds
on small arthropods
by foliage-gleaning4.
The species is monogamous and territorial
, but nothing else is known
of its breeding behaviour5. Juveniles
have been
observed in November5.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Platysteiridae
()
- Genus:
Platysteira
()
- Jardine & Selby, 1830
- Specific name:
albifrons
- Sharpe 1873
- Scientific name: - Platysteira albifrons Sharpe, 1873 Sharpe 1873
- Specific name:
albifrons
- Sharpe 1873
- Genus:
Platysteira
(
- Family:
Platysteiridae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Platysteira
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. albifrons (White-Fronted Wattle-Eye) · P. blissetti (Red-Cheeked Wattle-Eye) · P. castanea (Chestnut Wattle-Eye) · P. chalybea (Black-Necked Wattle-Eye) · P. concreta (Chestnut Yellow-Bellied Wattle Eye) · P. concreta concreta (Chestnut Yellow-Bellied Wattle Eye) · P. cyanea (Scarlet-Spectacled Wattle-Eye) · P. cyanea cyanea (Brown-Throated Wattle-Eye) · P. jamesoni (Jameson's Wattle-Eye) · P. laticincta (Bamenda Wattle-Eye) · P. peltata (Black-Throated Wattle-Eye) · P. peltata peltata (Black-Throated Wattle-Eye) · P. tonsa (White Spotted Wattle-Eye)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Platysteira albifrons. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2008. Platysteira albifrons. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4472
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562264
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562264
- IUCN ID: 233755
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 9882
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Platysteira albifrons. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
