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Wattle-eye

Wattle-eyes

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Platysteiridae
Genera
Megabyas
Bias
Pseudobias
Platysteira
Batis
Lanioturdus
The wattle-eyes or puffback flycatchers are small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

They get their name from the brightly coloured fleshy eye decorations found in most species in this group.

These insect-eating birds are found in usually open forests or bush. They hunt by flycatching, or by taking prey from the ground like a shrike. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush.