Pririt Batis (Batis pririt)

Family
Platysteiridae (Batises And Wattle-eyes)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of numerous, slow 'teuu, teuu, teuu, teuu' notes, descending in scale, often with sharp, clicking calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (65)...)

Pririt Batis (Batis pririt) [XC604367]
by Tony Archer from Sandymountpark, Fauresmith, Free State, South Africa (alarm call, call)

Pririt Batis (Batis pririt) [XC579704]
by Tony Archer from City of Matlosana, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Part of a superspecies that probably includes also Senegal Batis (Batis senegalensis), Grey-headed Batis (Batis orientalis), Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) and East Coast Batis (Batis soror). Marginal range overlap with Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) from northern Namibia east to northern South Africa. Isolated population in extreme south of range possibly represents an additional, as yet undescribed subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

affinis (Wahlberg, 1855) - South-western Angola (southern from Benguela), Namibia, western Botswana and north-western South Africa (north-western northern Cape).
pririt (Vieillot, 1818) - Central and southern Botswana and western South Africa (east to Free State, in southern from southern Namaqualand east to western eastern Cape).

References
See References.

Files:

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