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Platysteiridae

10 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Platysteiridae

The Senegal batis (Batis senegalensis) is a small African bird with distinct plumage that lives in dry open savanna and scrub habitats.

Batis capensis (Cape batis) is a strikingly patterned small bird native to forests and gorges of southern Africa.

Batis molitor, the chinspot batis, is a small stout bird found across multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Batis pririt, the pririt batis, is a small patterned insect-eating passerine resident in southern Africa and southwestern Angola.

Batis erlangeri is a passerine bird in the wattle-eye family found across a large area of central Africa.

The white-tailed shrike (Lanioturdus torquatus) is a small endemic passerine bird found only in western Angola and Namibia.

The black-throated wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata) is a bird in the family Platysteiridae, found across multiple countries in Africa.

Platysteira cyanea, the brown-throated wattle-eye, is a small insectivorous passerine that breeds in tropical African woodlands.

The chestnut wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia castanea) is a widespread Central African bird species found in multiple habitats and on cocoa farms.

Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher is an African passerine bird now classified closer to helmetshrikes and woodshrikes.

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