Short-tailed Batis

The Dark Batis of south-west Tanzania and northern Malawi was formerly included in this species but was described a new separate species in 2006. Reichenow's Batis of coastal south-east Tanzania is often treated as a subspecies of the Cape Batis or as a species in its own right but may be a subspecies of the Forest Batis.

The Short-tailed Batis is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Short-tailed Batis has a slightly shorter tail. Males of the two species are very similar but Short-tailed Batises have a narrower breastband and usually some hint of a white supercilium which is lacking in the male Dark Batis. The females are more distinctive: female Short-tailed Batises have a paler breast and chin with more white tips giving a mottled appearance. There is a conspicuous white supercilium and a broad rufous wing-stripe. More

The Forest Batis or Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae. It is found in tropical moist forests in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. It mainly occurs in montane forest but in south-east Kenya it is found in lowland forest near the coast. The Dark Batis (B. crypta) of south-west Tanzania and northern Malawi was formerly included in this species but was described a new separate species in 2006. Reichenow's Batis (B. More

Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta). Watercolour painting by Jon Fjeldså.Dr. Rauri Bowie, who recently joined Integrative Biology as an assistant professor, has been studying the evolutionary history of montane-forest birds in East Africa, and most recently, the relationships among forest batises (small corvid-like birds). More

Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) = French: Pririt à queue courte German: Kurzschwanzschnäpper Spanish: Batis Colicorto Other common names: Forest Batis Taxonomy: Pachyprora mixta Shelley, 1889, Mount Kilimanjaro, 6000-7000 feet , Tanzania. Forms a superspecies with B. capensis, B. reichenowi, B. crypta and B. fratrum, probably also with B. margaritae and B. diops. Until very recently included B. More

The Short-tailed Batis or Forest Batis (Batis mixta) is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae. It is found in tropical moist forests in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. More

Short-tailed Batis/Fernando Po Batis Batis mixta/poensis MNHN CG 1998-783/ZMUC 02953 DQ406665 EU272120 DQ011862 Hooded Crow/Carrion Crow Corvus cornix/corone NRM 986167/MNHN CG 1995-41* DQ406663 EU272116 AY228087 Spangled Drongo/Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus/hottentottus UBMW 68045/uncat. More

A very small, dumpy, short-tailed Batis which, unlike all other Batis in its range, has an orange-red eye. This bird lives in evergreen Miombo/Brachystegia forests ranging from the coastal forest of Arabuko-Sokoke south to the Shimba hills & into Tanzania's Usambara mountains & west to Uluguru & northern Malawi. Forest Batis are small arboreal insectivorous birds which glean invertebrates from foliage at the subcanopy & mid levels. More

short-tailed batis short-tailed batises (Batis mixta) Reichenows batis Reichenows batises (Batis reichenowi) Malawi batis Malawi batises (Batis dimorpha) cape batis cape batises (Batis capensis) zululand batis zululand batises (Batis fratrum) chinspot batis chinspot batises (Batis molitor) pale batis pale batises (Batis soror) pririt batis pririt batises (Batis pririt) Senegal batis Senegal batises (Batis senegalensis) gray-headed batis gray-headed batises (Batis orientalis) black-headed batis black-headed batises (Batis More

Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta = Sumbawanga, Tanzania - Nov, 1990 More

Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta 341. Chinspot Batis Batis molitor 342. Pale Batis Batis soror 343. Black-headed Batis Batis minor 344. Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus 345. White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher Elminia albicauda 346. White-tailed Cr-Flycatcher Elminia albonotata 347. African Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas 348. African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 349. Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula 350. Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus 351. More

* Short-tailed Batis, Batis mixta * Ruwenzori Batis, Batis diops * Cape Batis, Batis capensis * Woodward's Batis, Batis fratrum * Chinspot Batis, Batis molitor * Pale Batis, Batis soror * Pririt Batis, Batis pririt More