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Malawi Batis

Batis dimorpha (Shelley, GE 1893)

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 dimorpha

Original description

Citation:
  (Shelley, GE 1893)

Reference:
   Ibis

Protonym:
  Pachyprora dimorpha

Type locality:
  Milanji ( = Mlanje) Plateau, Nyasaland.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26461857

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F2A919A85FB8899F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F2A919A8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F2A919A8

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 922730

Geographic range:

  • Batis dimorpha dimorpha: Mountains of s Malawi and adjacent Mozambique
  • Batis dimorpha sola: N Malawi (Mwantjati to Nyika)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Malawi Batis
Czech:
lesknáček malawský
Danish:
Malawibatis
German:
Malawischnäpper
Spanish:
Batis de Malawi
Finnish:
malawintöpösieppo
French:
Pririt du Malawi
Croatian:
malavski batis
Italian:
Pigliamosche mascherato del Malawi
Japanese (romaji):
munagurosewatabitaki
Japanese:
マラウィセワタビタキ
Dutch:
Malawivliegenvanger
Norwegian:
malawibatis
Polish:
krępnik górski
Portuguese:
bátis-de-malawi
Portuguese (Portugal):
bátis-malauiano
Slovak:
strakošík malawijský
Swedish:
malawibatis
Ukrainian:
приріт малавійський
Chinese:
马拉维蓬背鹟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pririt du Malawi ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Cape Batis (Malawi) ( Batis capensis dimorpha/sola) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Malawi Puff-back Flycatcher ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Malawi Puff-back Flycatcher ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Malawi Puffback ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Batis dimorpha [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Batis dimorpha [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Batis dimorpha [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Malawi Batis ( Batis dimorpha) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Batis [capensis or dimorpha] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Kaapse Bosbontrokkie (Malawi)
Czech: Lesknácek dvoubarvý, lesknáček malawský
Danish: Malawi Batis, Malawibatis
German: Kapschnäpper (dimorpha/sola), Malawi Schnäpper, Malawibatis, Malawischnäpper
English: Cape Batis (Malawi), Malawi Batis, Malawi Puffback, Malawi Puffback Flycatcher, Malawi Puff-back Flycatcher, Malawi Puffback-Flycatcher, Reichenow's Batis
English, HBW: Malawi Batis
English (IOC): Cape Batis (Malawi)
English (United States): Cape Batis (Malawi)
Spanish: Batis de El Cabo (dimorpha/sola), Batis de Malawi, Batis del Cabo (dimorpha/sola), Batis Malawi
Spanish (Spain): Batis de El Cabo (dimorpha/sola), Batis del Cabo (dimorpha/sola)
Spanish (HBW): Cape Batis (Malawi)
Finnish: Malawintöpösieppo
French: Batis à flancs blancs, Pririt dimorphe, Pririt du Cap (Malawi), Pririt du Cap [dimorpha ou sola], Pririt du Malawi
Croatian: malavski batis
Italian: Batis del Malawi, Pigliamosche mascherato del Malawi
Japanese (romaji): munagurosewatabitaki, munagurosewatabitaki (dimorpha/sola)
Japanese: マラウィセワタビタキ, ムナグロセワタビタキ, ムナグロセワタビタキ (dimorpha/sola), ムナグロセワタビタキ（dimorpha／sola）
Scientific: Batis capensis dimorpha, Batis capensis dimorpha/sola, Batis dimorpha, Batis dimorpha dimorpha, Pachyprora dimorpha
Dutch: Bruinflankvliegenvanger (dimorpha/sola), Malawivliegenvanger
Norwegian: kappbatis (dimorpha/sola), malawibatis
Polish: krępnik górski, krępnik rdzawoskrzydły (dimorpha/sola), krepnik zmienny, krępnik zmienny
Portuguese: bátis-de-malawi
Portuguese (Portugal): batis-do-cabo (dimorpha/sola), bátis-malauiano
Russian: Капский батис (dimorpha/sola)
Slovak: strakošík malawijský, strakošík malawijský (skup.)
Serbian: Kapski batis (dimorpha/sola)
Swedish: kapbatis (dimorpha/sola), Malawibatis
Turkish: Kap batisi (dimorpha/sola)
Ukrainian: приріт малавійський
Chinese: 马拉维蓬背鹟

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