Batises and Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae)
Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) - HBW 11, p. 199
French: Pririt à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkehl-Lappenschnäpper
Spanish: Batis-carunculado Gorginegro
Other common names: Wattle-eyed Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Platystira peltata Sundevall, 1850, Umlalazi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Traditionally, all members of genus treated as a superspecies, but untenable on grounds of geographical overlap and morphological characters. Present species better treated as forming a superspecies with P. laticincta; often considered conspecific, but latter is geographically and ecologically isolated in montane habitat and shows noteworthy plumage differences. Race mentalis intergrades with nominate in E Zambia and S Malawi. Proposed race jacksoni (from Kenya) considered synonymous with mentalis; brevipennis (from Tanzania) merged with cryptoleuca. .. View all taxonomy...
Traditionally, all members of genus treated as a superspecies, but untenable on grounds of geographical overlap and morphological characters. Present species better treated as forming a superspecies with P. laticincta; often considered conspecific, but latter is geographically and ecologically isolated in montane habitat and shows noteworthy plumage differences. Race mentalis intergrades with nominate in E Zambia and S Malawi. Proposed race jacksoni (from Kenya) considered synonymous with mentalis; brevipennis (from Tanzania) merged with cryptoleuca. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mentalis Bocage, 1878 - W Kenya (W of Rift), Uganda, Burundi and W Tanzania S to Malawi, and SW through SE DRCongo (Kasai, Katanga, one record S Kivu) and Zambia to N & C Angola.
- cryptoleuca Oberholser, 1905 - S Somalia (R Juba), and E Kenya (E of Rift) S, including Mafia I, to Mozambique (N of R Zambezi).
- peltata Sundevall, 1850 - NE Zambia, Malawi and N & E Zimbabwe, and coastal lowlands from R Zambezi, S to E South Africa (S to Durban; isolated inland record in Northern Province).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male foraging and then perched and looking around Locality Makuzi Beach, Chintheche, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp peltata)
Greg Baker 1 November 2005 24 weeks ago 35 sec 4 -
A male perched and looking around before flying away Locality Makuzi Beach, Chintheche, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp peltata)
Greg Baker 31 October 2005 24 weeks ago 10 sec 4 -
A female foraging Locality Makuzi Beach, Chintheche, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp peltata)
Greg Baker 31 October 2005 24 weeks ago 26 sec 3.3
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male with nesting material
Locality iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 2 November 2005 2 years ago 3.8 -
female
Locality iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp peltata)
Roland Bischoff 2 November 2005 2 years ago 3.6 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp peltata)
Carmelo López 2 November 2010 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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