Passeriformes
Batises and Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae)
HBW 11, p. 164
- Small to medium-sized flycatcher-like birds, contrastingly coloured, with rather wide bill, short legs and upright stance.
- Sub-Saharan Africa; one monotypic genus in Madagascar.
- Always on or near trees.
- 6 genera, 30 species, 58 taxa.
- 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 2 1 1 8 1 African Shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus)
- 4 2 2 8 2 Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus)
- 2 1 1 8 3 Ward's Shrike-flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi)
- 13 1 8 4 8 4 Cape Batis (Batis capensis)
- 0 8 5 Reichenow's Batis (Batis reichenowi)
- 1 1 8 6 Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta)
- 0 8 7 Dark Batis (Batis crypta)
- 2 2 8 8 Woodward's Batis (Batis fratrum)
- 4 4 8 9 Boulton's Batis (Batis margaritae)
- 4 2 2 8 10 Ruwenzori Batis (Batis diops)
- 1 1 8 11 Bioko Batis (Batis poensis)
- 1 1 8 12 Angola Batis (Batis minulla)
- 0 6 13 Verreaux's Batis (Batis minima)
- 1 1 8 14 Ituri Batis (Batis ituriensis)
- 5 1 4 8 15 Senegal Batis (Batis senegalensis)
- 7 5 2 8 16 Grey-headed Batis (Batis orientalis)
- 17 2 11 4 8 17 Chin-spot Batis (Batis molitor)
- 1 1 8 18 East Coast Batis (Batis soror)
- 13 1 11 1 8 19 Pririt Batis (Batis pririt)
- 0 8 20 Eastern Black-headed Batis (Batis minor)
- 7 1 3 3 8 21 Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri)
- 2 1 1 8 22 Pygmy Batis (Batis perkeo)
- 1 1 8 23 Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia concreta)
- 0 8 24 Blissett's Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia blissetti)
- 3 2 1 8 25 Chestnut Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia castanea)
- 0 8 26 White-spotted Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia tonsa)
- 16 8 8 8 27 Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)
- 1 1 6 28 White-fronted Wattle-eye (Platysteira albifrons)
- 3 3 8 29 Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata)
- 1 1 3 30 Banded Wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta)
Family statistics
6 genera, 30 species
| 112 files covering | |
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| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 24 species | (80%) |
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