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 LC    Malawi Batis* Id (Atlas):
    Batis dimorpha

Description (5)
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Family
Platysteiridae (Batises And Wattle-eyes)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1893)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, temperate forest. From sea-level - 2,450 m.

Range (Guide)
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia.

Mountains of central and southern Malawi, and adjacent northern Mozambique (Mt Namuli).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a whistled 'foo foo foo'. Also pish-like 'shwee ksh ksh ksh ksha'.

Subspecies
Malawi Batis (Batis dimorpha) and Cape Batis (Batis capensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Batis capensis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993). This treatment is under review by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Cape Batis (Batis capensis).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Malawi Batis (Batis dimorpha) - 5 files


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