Batises and Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae)
Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri) - HBW 11, p. 194
French: Pririt d’Erlanger
German: Kongoschnäpper
Spanish: Batis de Erlanger
Other common names: Black-headed Puff-back Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Batis minor erlangeri Neumann, 1907, Garamulata, near Harar, Ethiopia.
Usually considered conspecific with B. minor; separation based on significant differences in size and in plumage tones. Possibility of N-S intergradation of present species with B. orientalis in general area of Chad-Central African Republic-W Sudan has been suggested; males of the two are extremely similar and old specimens from NE DRCongo cannot be reliably identified, and possibly these two have also been confused in Sudan, but according to another author they are separable in Ethiopia by wing length. Proposed races nyansae (from Uganda) and batesi (from Cameroon).. View all taxonomy...
Usually considered conspecific with B. minor; separation based on significant differences in size and in plumage tones. Possibility of N-S intergradation of present species with B. orientalis in general area of Chad-Central African Republic-W Sudan has been suggested; males of the two are extremely similar and old specimens from NE DRCongo cannot be reliably identified, and possibly these two have also been confused in Sudan, but according to another author they are separable in Ethiopia by wing length. Proposed races nyansae (from Uganda) and batesi (from Cameroon) considered synonymous with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- erlangeri Neumann, 1907 - N of equatorial forest belt: from C Cameroon (Mt Kupé and Mt Oku, and recorded S to Mt Cameroon and Yaoundé area) and S Chad E to C & S Sudan, Eritrea, lower parts of S Ethiopia and NW Somalia, S to E DRCongo, Burundi, NW Tanzania and W Kenya.
- congoensis , 1907 - S of equatorial forest belt: from S Gabon and S PRCongo E to S DRCongo (lower Congo, Kasai) and S to N Angola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two females fighting on the ground near the Lake. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Stefan Helming 5 years ago 12 sec 4.7 -
A male singing. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 7 years ago 20 sec 4.7 -
A female in a tree. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 9 sec 4.5
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Adult male perched
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Nik Borrow 19 November 2012 24 weeks ago 4 -
a female
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Stefan Helming 11 September 2009 3 years ago 3.6 -
a male
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Stefan Helming 11 September 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Front view of a female.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp erlangeri)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 3 years ago 3
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A male singing. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 26 November 2005 3 years ago 4.5
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