Western black-headed batis

Batis erlangeri

The western black-headed batis is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, western Kenya, Rwanda, northern Somalia, Sudan, western Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and moist savanna. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the eastern black-headed batis.
Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyPlatysteiridae
GenusBatis
SpeciesB. erlangeri
Photographed in
Ethiopia