Dyaphorophyia
Sign in to saveDyaphorophyia is a genus of birds in the wattle-eye family Platysteiridae. These insect-eating birds are found in tropical Africa.
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- Equatorial Guinea
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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".
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