Avibase: Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi] (Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis)

Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis

Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi] (= Batis capensis) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The Cape batis is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Platysteiridae
Genus:
   Batis
Scientific:
  Batis capensis

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Muscicapa capensis

Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/331/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
64C35333478DA30A

Avibase ID:
avibase-64C35333

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/64C35333

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558880

Geographic range:

Batis mixta reichenowi: southeastern Tanzania (Mikindani to Lindi)
Batis dimorpha: foothill to montane rainforest of northern Malawi and adjacent eastern Zambia southward to southern Malawi and adjacent northern Mozambique
Batis dimorpha dimorpha: mountains of southern Malawi and adjacent Mozambique
Batis dimorpha sola: northern Malawi (Mwantjati to Nyika)
Batis capensis: patchy in lowland to montane forest edge, dense bush, and miombo woodland, from central Zimbabwe and western Mozambique southward to Eswatini, Lesotho, and southern South Africa; local altitudinal migration
Batis capensis capensis: southern South Africa, eastward to Free State and southern KwaZulu-Natal
Batis capensis erythrophthalma: eastern highlands of Zimbabwe and adjacent western Mozambique, also locally in southern Malawi
Batis capensis kennedyi: southwestern Zimbabwe (Mopoto Hills region)
Batis capensis hollidayi: northeastern South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique (Lebombo Range)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis
French:
Pririt du Cap, P. du Malawi ou P. de Reichenow

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cape or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cape or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cape or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cape, Malawi or Reichenow's Batis ( Batis [capensis, dimorpha or reichenowi])
Clements 5th edition (as published): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
eBird version 1.50: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Batis [capensis, dimorpha, mixta or reichenowi]

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