Grey-headed Batis
Batis orientalis(Heuglin, MT, 1870)
English (US) Gray-headed Batis
UK name: Grey-headed Batis
The Grey-headed Batis (Batis orientalis) 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 orientalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Batis
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Batis
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Batis orientalis chadensis
- Batis orientalis lynesi
- Batis orientalis orientalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Platystira orientalis
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1870)
- Type locality
- no locality; type from Modat Valley, Bogosland, Eritrea, fide Neumann, 1907, Journ. Ornith., 55, p. 350.
- Original description
- Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1 p.449
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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