Wattle-eyes belongs to the family Platysteiridae.This family also carries Batises and Shrike-flycatcher.Wattle-eyes are dimorphic and most of this birds derive their name from the more appealing females.
Other than Chestnut Wattle-eye, we also have Yellow-bellied ,Jameson’s and Brown-throated Wattle-eyes in Kakamega forest .On a very productive day,all the fours species can be seen.Their presence is detected by their behavior of audibly flicking their wings and snapping their beaks.
The photograph appearing above was taken by my client Giuseppe Citino.
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