NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Banded Wattle-eye
Platysteira laticincta G. L. Bates, 1926
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.
Platysteira laticincta, Cameroon, 2026-04-01 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The banded wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is endemic to the Bamenda Highlands in western Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In particular, it likely prefers low-altitude forests with more bare ground and denser undergrowth cover.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Banded wattle-eye; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:10:17.223997+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Platysteira laticincta G. L. Bates, 1926
- Name authority
- G. L. Bates, 1926
- Common name
- Banded 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 laticincta G. L. Bates, 1926
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 |
| Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata Sundevall, 1850 | PlatysteiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-cheeked Wattle-eyePlatysteira blissetti (Sharpe, 1872) | 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 |
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.
- Bates, & George Latimer. (1926). New Birds from the Mountains of N.W. Cameroon. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, Vol. 46, No. 304. 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.
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:4JYVN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.