Cape Batis
Batis capensis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Platysteiridae
- Genus
- Batis
- eBird Code
- capbat10
Vocalizations
agujaceratops · CC0_1_0
Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0
i_c_riddell · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Batis capensis capensis
southern South Africa, eastward to Free State and southern KwaZulu-Natal
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Batis capensis erythrophthalma
eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and adjacent western Mozambique, also locally in southern Malawi
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Batis capensis hollidayi
northeastern South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique (Lebombo Range)
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Batis capensis kennedyi
southwestern Zimbabwe (Mopoto Hills region)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.