About the Woodwards' Batis
Woodwards' batis or the Zululand batis, is a species of small bird in the wattle-eyes family, Platysteiridae. It occurs in southeastern Africa where it is found in woodlands and forests.
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Woodwards' batis is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) in length and weighs 10.3–13.8 g (0.36–0.49 oz). It is a small active bird which is similar to a flycatcher and shows the typical patterns and plumage colours of the genus Batis. It is blue-grey above with a short white supercilium, black mask on the face, an orange-red eyes and the tail is black with the outer tail fathers edged white and all of the tail feathers except the middle two are tipped with white. It is sexually dimorphic and the male shows white on the wing strip, chin and throat while his breast and upper belly are pale rufous.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in December · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rwenzori BatisBatis diopsThe Rwenzori batis is a small, active black and white Old World flycatcher.
Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeriThe western black-headed batis or Von Erlanger's batis, is a species of passerine bird in the wattle-eye family Platysteiridae.
Pygmy BatisBatis perkeoThe pygmy batis, as its name suggests, is a tiny, rather dumpy but dapper black, white and grey bird with similarities to the flycatchers.
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