Banded wattle-eye

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Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

Banded wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) is an endangered bird found only in the Bamenda Highlands of western Cameroon. It lives in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, probably at lower elevations with bare ground and dense undergrowth. Habitat loss threatens its survival.

Classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Chordata; Class Aves; Order Passeriformes; Family Platysteiridae; Genus Platysteira; Species laticincta. Binomial name Platysteira laticinta Bates, 1926.