Pygmy Batis
Batis perkeoNeumann, OR, 1907
English (US) Pygmy Batis
The Pygmy Batis (Batis perkeo) 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: arid southern Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Kenya to far northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Batis perkeo
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pygmy Batis
- Described by
- Neumann, OR, 1907
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Neumann, OR, 1907
- Type locality
- Darassam, Gurra country, southern Abyssinia.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 55, no.3 p.352
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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