Batises and Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae)
Senegal Batis (Batis senegalensis) - HBW 11, p. 192
French: Pririt du Sénégal
German: Senegalschnäpper
Spanish: Batis Senegalés
Other common names: Senegal Puff-back Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Muscicapa senegalensis Linnaeus, 1766, Senegal.
Part of a superspecies that probably includes also B. orientalis, B. molitor, B. soror and B. pririt; possible slight geographical overlap with first of those in N Cameroon. Proposed race togoensis (described from Togo) considered untenable. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mauritania and Senegal E to Nigeria and N & C Cameroon (E to Benue Plain and Mandara region).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a tree, looking down Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 25 October 2005 5 years ago 8 sec 4.5 -
looking around Locality Tujering, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 1 year ago 57 sec 3.7 -
male bird Locality Tujering, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3.7 -
female bird Locality Tujering, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 December 2011 1 year ago 8 sec 3.3
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A male Senegal Batis responding to the impersonated call of a Pearl-spotted Owlet.
Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 9 March 2005 3 years ago 4 -
A male between twigs
Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 14 February 2012 50 weeks ago 3.8
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