Birds of the World

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Genus: Batis (21 species)


Cape Batis (Batis capensis) Range: AF: Zimbabwe, w, s Mozambique and South Africa Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Dark Batis (Batis crypta) Male Range: AF: Eastern Arc Mts. of Tanzania and nw Malawi Uluti, Tanzania
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Malawi Batis (Batis dimorpha) Range: AF: Malawi, e Zambia and n Mozambique

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Rwenzori Batis (Batis diops) Range: AF: ec DR Congo, sw Uganda, w Rwanda and w Burundi


Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri erlangeri) Male Range: AF: Ethiopian plateau and Somalia w to Cameroon and Angola Lake Langano, Ethiopia
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Woodwards' Batis (Batis fratrum) Range: AF: s Malawi, c Mozambique and e Zimbabwe to e South Africa St. Lucia, Natal, South Africa
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Ituri Batis (Batis ituriensis) Range: AF: DR Congo and w Uganda


Margaret's Batis (Batis margaritae) Range: AF: sc Lutia, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Gabon Batis (Batis minima) Range: AF: s Cameroon, Gabon


Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor suahelica) Male Range: AF: s Somalia, se Kenya and e Tanzania Nyumba Ya Mungu, Tanzania
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Angola Batis (Batis minulla) Range: AF: e Gabon, s Congo, w DR Congo and w Angola


Forest Batis (Batis mixta) Male Range: AF: se Kenya to ne Tanzania Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya
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Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) Male Range: AF: c, s Botswana
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) Female Range: AF: c, s Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa Note rufous and not black chest band on female.
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West African Batis (Batis occulta) Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Gabon


Grey-headed Batis (Batis orientalis orientalis) Female Range: AF: c, ne Karin, Somaliland
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Pygmy Batis (Batis perkeo) Range: AF: se South Sudan, s Ethiopia and Somalia to n Tanzania Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
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Fernando Po Batis (Batis poensis) Range: AF: Bioko (n Gulf of Guinea)


Pririt Batis (Batis pririt) Female Range: AF: sw Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Montgomery © All Rights Reserved.

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Reichenow's Batis (Batis reichenowi) Near Threatened Range: AF: se Tanzania


Senegal Batis (Batis senegalensis) Range: AF: s Mauritania to Sierra Leone and e to Niger, Chad and Cameroon Poli, Cameroon
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Pale Batis (Batis soror) Female Range: AF: se Kenya to e Zimbabwe and s Mozambique Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya
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