Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor) | Photos, Calls and ID

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WoodlandCup nestTiny · 13 g

Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor), photo 1 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor), photo 2 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor), photo 3 — Photo: John Lyakurwa · CC BY 4.0

What the Eastern Black-headed Batis sounds like

Sonogram of the Eastern Black-headed Batis: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Song · Zange Gate,Mkomazi NP, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Call · Ushongo Mabaoni, Pangani, Mkoa wa Tanga, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The eastern black-headed batis is 10 cm (3.9 in) in length and weighs 9.3–13.8 g (0.33–0.49 oz). It is a small, stocky, rather restless, flycatcher like bird with a white, black and grey plumage. The forehead, crown and nape are blackish grey with a white supercilium and loral spot, the mask is glossy bluish black and there is a white spot on the nape. The mantle and back are dark grey with a paler rump, females have a greyer mantle. The underparts are white with a glossy black breast band, which is dark reddish brown in the females.

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When to see the Eastern Black-headed Batis

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eastern Black-headed Batis

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Tanzania Uganda Ethiopia Mozambique

About the Eastern Black-headed Batis

The eastern black-headed batis is a passerine bird in the family Platysteiridae from eastern Africa. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the western black-headed batis.

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Easily confused with

Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalisThe grey headed batis is a small grey, black and white bird with restless habits.

Short-tailed BatisBatis mixtaThe forest batis is a small species measuring 9.5–10 cm (3.7–3.9 in) in length and weighing 10.5–14.2 g (0.37–0.50 oz).

Fernando Po BatisBatis poensisThe Fernando Pó batis is small, restless flycatcher type bird with a mainly black and white plumage.

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