West African Batis
Batis occultaLawson, WJ, 1984
English (US) West African Batis
The West African Batis (Batis occulta) 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.
Range: humid forest of Sierra Leone to southern Cameroon and GabonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Batis occulta
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- West African Batis
- Described by
- Lawson, WJ, 1984
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Batis occultus
- Described by
- Lawson, WJ, 1984
- Type locality
- Grassfield, Mount Nimba, Liberia (7 30'N, 8 35'W)
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 104 p.145
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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