Western_black-headed_batis

Western black-headed batis

Western black-headed batis

Species of bird

The western black-headed batis (Batis erlangeri) or Von Erlanger's batis, is a species of passerine bird in the wattle-eye family Platysteiridae.[2] It is found over an extensive area of central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and moist savanna. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the eastern black-headed batis (Batis minor).

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

Two subspecies are recognised:[3]

  • B. e. erlangeri Neumann, 1907 – north Cameroon to Ethiopia south to Uganda, west Kenya and Burundi
  • B. e. congoensis Neumann, 1907 – south Congo, southwest Democratic Republic of the Congo, west Angola

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2017). "Batis erlangeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22734102A118748524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22734102A118748524.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Louette, M. (2019). "Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

This Platysteiridae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Western_black-headed_batis, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.