Class Aves Family Platysteiridae | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Batis Rank Species | |
Similar Senegal batis, Margaret's batis, Pygmy batis, Ruwenzori batis, Dark batis | ||
The West African batis (Batis occulta) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Fernando Po batis.
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West African batis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA