Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Corvoidea
Familia: Platysteiridae
Genus: Batis
Species: B. capensis – B. dimorpha – B. diops – B. fratrum – B. ituriensis – B. margaritae – B. minima – B. minor – B. minulla – B. mixta – B. molitor – B. occulta – B. orientalis – B. perkeo – B. poensis – B. pririt – B. reichenowi – B. senegalensis – B. soror
Name
Batis Boie, 1833
References
Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung 26 col.880
Vernacular names
English: Turtleweed
Batis (pronounced BAT-iss) is a genus of passerine birds in the wattle-eye family. Its species are resident in Africa south of the Sahara. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
They are small stout insect-eating birds, usually found in open forests or bush. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush. They hunt by flycatching, or by taking prey from the ground like a shrike.
Batis species are strikingly patterned, typically with a grey crown, black eye mask, dark back, and paler underparts, often with a coloured or black breast band and white on the throat which contrasts strongly with the black eye stripe. Male and female plumages usually differ.
The song is typically a descending triple whistle.
Taxonomy
The genus Batis was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1833.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the Cape batis.[2] The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek batis, batidos, an unidentified worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle.[3]
The genus contains 20 species.[4][5]
Rwenzori batis, Batis diops
Margaret's batis, Batis margaritae
Forest batis, Batis mixta
Reichenow's batis, Batis reichenowi
Dark batis, Batis crypta
Cape batis, Batis capensis
Woodward's batis, Batis fratrum
Chinspot batis, Batis molitor
Senegal batis, Batis senegalensis
Grey-headed batis, Batis orientalis
Pale batis, Batis soror
Pririt batis, Batis pririt
Eastern black-headed batis, Batis minor
Western black-headed batis, Batis erlangeri
Pygmy batis, Batis perkeo
Angolan batis, Batis minulla
Gabon batis, Batis minima
Ituri batis, Batis ituriensis
West African batis, Batis occulta
Fernando Po batis, Batis poensis
References
Boie, Friedrich (1833). "Fernere Vemertungen über Classification der Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German). 26. Col 876-884 [880].
Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 378.
Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
"Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-04.
Fjeldså, Jon; Bowie, Rauri C.K.; Kiure, Jacob (2006). "The forest batis, Batis mixta, is two species: description of a new, narrowly distributed Batis species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot" (PDF). Journal of Ornithology. 147 (4): 578–590. doi:10.1007/s10336-006-0082-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil; Tarboton, Warwick (2002). SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 1-86872-721-1.
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