The red-cheeked wattle-eye (Platysteira blissetti) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
| Red-cheeked wattle-eye | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Platysteiridae |
| Genus: | Platysteira |
| Species: | P. blissetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysteira blissetti (Sharpe, 1872) | |
References
edit- ↑ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Dyaphorophyia blissetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T22707957A118750111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707957A118750111.en. Retrieved 6 October 2025.