Wattle-eyes, Batises

Red-cheeked Wattle-eye

Dyaphorophyia blissetti

The Red-cheeked Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia blissetti) is an 11 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Wattle-eyes, Batises

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

11 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Liberia, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Benin, Nigeria, Eq. Guinea, Guinea.

Where to see it: Gola Rainforest NP · East (Sierra Leone); Atewa Range · upland forest & ridge (Ghana); Gola Rainforest NP · North (Sierra Leone); Wulki Farm (Liberia); Meno River (Côte d'Ivoire).

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