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The Cape Batis (Batis capensis) is a small passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is resident in the highlands of southern and eastern South Africa and Zimbabwe. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Platysteiridae
Genus:
Batis
Scientific:
Batis capensis
Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.327
Protonym:
Muscicapa capensis
Avibase ID:
9E17E8D0447D45E5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9E17E8D0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558880
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pririt du Cap ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Cape Puff-back Flycatcher ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Cape Puff-back Flycatcher ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Cape Puffback ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters: Batis capensis [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Batis capensis [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Batis capensis [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Cape Batis ( Batis capensis) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Batis [capensis or dimorpha]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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