Black-headed Batis (Batis minor)

Other Names (World)
Eastern Black-headed Batis, Black-headed Batis, Black-headed Puff-back Flycatcher

Family
Platysteiridae (Batises And Wattle-eyes)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Erlanger, 1901

Habitat
Dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor) [XC509909]
by paulo kivuyo from Same - Kisiwani road, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (song)

Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor) [XC466959]
by Peter Boesman from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Usually considered conspecific with Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri) with separation based on significant differences in size and in plumage tones. Recognition of geographical subspecies regarded as unwarranted by some authors.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

minor Erlanger, 1901 - Southern Somalia.
suahelica Neumann, 1907 - Coastal areas of Kenya (also isolated population on Mt Endau, in south-east) and Tanzania (extending inland to northern Pare Mts, Mt Kilimanjaro and Kilosa). Also Manda I.
erlangeri Neumann, 1907 - Ethiopian plateau and Somalia western to Cameroon and Angola. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Black-headed Batis (Batis minor) - 10 files

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