Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor(Küster, HC, 1850)
English (US) Chinspot Batis
The Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Platysteiridae (Wattle-eyes and Batises) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Batis molitor
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chinspot Batis
- Described by
- (Küster, HC, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Batis molitor puella
- Batis molitor pintoi
- Batis molitor palliditergum
- Batis molitor molitor
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa molitor
- Described by
- (Küster, HC, 1850)
- Type locality
- South Africa. Type, in Zoologisches Museum, Berlin, from Kaffirland, fide Neumann, 1907, Journ. Ornith., 55, p. 356, from Baviaans River, eastern Cape Province, fide Stresemann, 1954, Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren, n. s., 4°, Sci. Zool., 1, p. 81.
- Original description
- Voegel aus Asien, Afrika, Amerika, und Neuholland (etc.) ["1836"] Lief.20 pl.2,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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