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Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Batis

Western Black-headed Batis

Batis erlangeri

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkhbat1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Batis

Subspecies (2)

Batis erlangeri congoensis

Gabon and southern Congo southward to northern Angola, and eastward to southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Batis erlangeri erlangeri

southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon eastward to southern Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, and southward to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, northwestern Tanzania, and western Kenya

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkhbat1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.