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Pririt Batis - Fly Catcher Extraordinaire The elusive and super fast Pririt Batis with a fly in its mouth.  Photographed in the complete wilds of Namibia, southwestern Africa.  Africa,Batis pririt,Geotagged,Namibia,Pririt batis,Spring,agile,avian,bird,black,fast,fly,fly catcher,perch,plumage,quick Click/tap to enlarge

Pririt Batis - Fly Catcher Extraordinaire

The elusive and super fast Pririt Batis with a fly in its mouth. Photographed in the complete wilds of Namibia, southwestern Africa.

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The pririt batis also known as the pririt puff-back flycatcher or pririt puffback, is a small passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is resident in western and central southern Africa. It is a small stout insect-eating bird, found in dry broadleaf woodland and thorn scrub. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Living Wild
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Uploaded Jan 22, 2015. Captured Nov 12, 2013 10:07 in D2874, Namibia.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T2i
  • f/9.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO400
  • 200mm