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Dyaphorophyia

Genus of birds

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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:

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