Boulton's Batis (Batis margaritae)

Other Names (World)
Margaret's Batis, Boulton's Batis, Boulton's Puff-back Flycatcher

Family
Platysteiridae (Batises And Wattle-eyes)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Boulton, 1934

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Zambia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of 5 - 10 short whistles, often with first note slightly higer pitched.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Margaret's Batis (Batis margaritae) [XC508731]
by Dries Van de Loock from Mavunda forest north of Nyundu, North-western province, Zambia (song)

Margaret's Batis (Batis margaritae) [XC508730]
by Peter Boesman from Mavunda forest north of Nyundu, North-western province, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
Along with Ruwenzori Batis (Batis diops), probably belong to the superspecies that also contains Cape Batis (Batis capensis), Reichenow's Batis (Batis reichenowi), Forest Batis (Batis mixta), Dark Batis (Batis crypta) and Zululand Batis (Batis fratrum).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

margaritae Boulton, 1934 - Mt Moco, in western Angola.
kathleenae White, CMN, 1941 - Southern DRCongo (Shilatembo, in southern Katanga) and north-western Zambia; possibly also extreme eastern Angola (eastern Moxico).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Boultons Batis (Batis margaritae) - 10 files

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