Dyaphorophyia

Dyaphorophyia
Chestnut wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia castanea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Dyaphorophyia
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Platysteira leucopygialis Fraser, 1843=Platysteira castanea Fraser, 1843

Dyaphorophyia is a genus of birds in the wattle-eye family Platysteiridae. These insect-eating birds are found in tropical Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Dyaphorophyia was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. He did not specify a type species but in 1855 George Gray designated the type as Platysteira leucopygialis Fraser. This is a junior synonym of Platysteira castanea Fraser, the chestnut wattle-eye. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek διαφορος/diaphoros meaning "different" with φυω/phuō meaning "to produce".

The genus contains the following three species:

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Chestnut wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castaneaBenin and southwestern Nigeria eastward to southeastern Sudan, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania, and southward to northwestern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Zambia.
West African wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia hormophoraSierra Leone to Togo.
White-spotted wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia tonsaForest of southern Ivory Coast to Nigeria, Gabon, and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

  1. ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 38: 1–11, 53–67, 258–266, 378–389, 533–541, 650–665 [653, note].
  2. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 386.
  3. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Dyaphorophyia". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  6. ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.