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Common Name

Chin-spot Batis

Alternate Names

Common Type

Batis

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Platysteiridae

Genus

Batis

Species

molitor

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola, Namibia,

Number of Sub-Species

Four Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Savanna woodland, riverine thickets, scrub, cultivated areas.

Distribution and Range

South and east in Sub Sahara Africa

Food

Forages in trees by hawking or gleaning for insects and other arthropods

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Bird

Chin-spot Batis

Batis

Passeriformes

Platysteiridae

Batis

molitor

Least Concern

Angola, Namibia,

Four Sub Species

Resident

Savanna woodland, riverine thickets, scrub, cultivated areas.

South and east in Sub Sahara Africa

Forages in trees by hawking or gleaning for insects and other arthropods

The nest is built by both sexes on a horizontal branch is a small cup constructed from plant fibres and spider webs and decorated with lichen.