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- Batis senegalensis
Identification
Sexually dimorphic. Medium sized ( 11 cm. ) Batis with a longish tail. Males are pale slate grey on the forehead / crown / nape. Isolate white spot at the junction of the nape and back. Back to upper tail coverts grey, with a distinct brown component and whitish tips to the rump feathers. Broad white supercillia almost join over the forehead and stretch as far as the sides of the nape, almost meeting the nape spot. Lores, earcoverts and sides of neck black. Chin and throat pure white, narrow black beastband, rest of underparts white. Eye golden yellow, bill and legs black.
Distribution
Africa. West Africa from extreme SE Mauritania to central Chad and from eastern Sierra Leone to Cameroon. Not found in coastal areas from Guinea Conakry to Cameroon.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Open savannah woodland, esp. Acacia
Behaviour
Voice
1 - 2 whistles preceding a weak buzzing.
