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Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Platysteira blissetti (Sharpe, 1872)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Red-cheeked wattle-eye; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:54:37.242744+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Platysteira blissetti (Sharpe, 1872)
- Name authority
- (Sharpe, 1872)
- Common name
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Platysteiridae
- Genus
- Platysteira
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPlatysteiridae Mathews, 1922
- genusPlatysteira Jardine & Selby, 1830
- speciesPlatysteira blissetti (Sharpe, 1872)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Platysteira. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Wattle-eyePlatysteira castanea Fraser, 1843 | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African Wattle-eyePlatysteira hormophora (Reichenow, 1901) | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jameson's Wattle-eyePlatysteira jamesoni (Sharpe, 1890) | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded Wattle-eyePlatysteira laticincta G. L. Bates, 1926 | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata Sundevall, 1850 | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-necked Wattle-eyePlatysteira chalybea (Reichenow, 1897) | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta Hartlaub, 1855 | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-spotted Wattle-eyePlatysteira tonsa (G. L. Bates, 1911) | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dyaphorophyia blissetti Sharpe, 1872 Sharpe, 1872 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562265 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4JYVF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.