- Batis dimorpha
Batises are an exclusively African group of insectivores related to the bush-shrikes and characterised by their small size and marked sexual dimorphism in plumage. Like many montane-forest species, they exhibit regional variation between isolated mountain chains. Over the years, this has led to confusion as to how many species should be recognised. In central and East Africa, the forest forms have traditionally been divided into the Forest Batis, found in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and coastal Kenya, and the Cape Batis of southern Africa, which is often taken to include the Malawi Batis B. [c.] dimorpha from Malawi and northern Mozambique.
