- Batis erlangeri
Identification
Distribution
Africa:
Western Africa: Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, DRC, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya
Taxonomy
Western Black-headed Apalis and Eastern Black-headed Apalis have recently been split from each other with prior name being just Black-headed Apalis.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- B. e. erlangeri - southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon east to southern Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, and south to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, northwestern Tanzania, and western Kenya
- B. e. congoensis - Gabon and southern Congo south to northern Angola, and east to southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Habitat
A variety of open woodland and grassland with trees as well as gardens.
Behaviour
Food mostly consists of insects caught mainly by sallying but uses gleaning when needed.
Vocalisation
Drawn out whistling notes with equal pitch.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Louette, M. (2020). Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkhbat1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Western Black-headed Batis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Western_Black-headed_Batis
