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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Sexually dimorphic. Medium sized Batis (10-11 cm). Male. Pale grey forehead and front of crown. Rest of crown and nape steel grey ( no white nape spot ? ). Mantle, rump and uppertail coverts steel grey, all with white tips making the upperparts look chequered. Thin white supercillia almost reaching nape. Lores and earcoverts black. Chin and throat white. Narrow black breastband, often broken at the bottom. Wings and tail as other Batis'. Female as male except for diffuse pale rufous spot in the centre of the throat, thin pale rufous breast band and pale rufous flanks. The breastband and flanks are often seperated by a thin horizontal white area. Eye yellow, bill and legs black. | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Africa]] from [[Mozambique]] to [[Kenya]], replacing the [[Chinspot Batis]] in coastal areas. It is a fairly common resident. | [[Africa]] from [[Mozambique]] to [[Kenya]], replacing the [[Chinspot Batis]] in coastal areas. It is a fairly common resident. | ||
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Alternative names: East Coast Batis; Mozambique Batis; Paler Chin-spot Puff-back Flycatcher
- Batis soror
Identification
Sexually dimorphic. Medium sized Batis (10-11 cm). Male. Pale grey forehead and front of crown. Rest of crown and nape steel grey ( no white nape spot ? ). Mantle, rump and uppertail coverts steel grey, all with white tips making the upperparts look chequered. Thin white supercillia almost reaching nape. Lores and earcoverts black. Chin and throat white. Narrow black breastband, often broken at the bottom. Wings and tail as other Batis'. Female as male except for diffuse pale rufous spot in the centre of the throat, thin pale rufous breast band and pale rufous flanks. The breastband and flanks are often seperated by a thin horizontal white area. Eye yellow, bill and legs black.
Distribution
Africa from Mozambique to Kenya, replacing the Chinspot Batis in coastal areas. It is a fairly common resident.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Woodland and savannah.
Behaviour
It eats insects.
