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:
Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Chestnut wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea Benin 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-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora Sierra Leone to Togo. White-spotted wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa Forest of southern Ivory Coast to Nigeria, Gabon, and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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