Cape batis | |
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Male in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Female in the Western Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Platysteiridae |
Genus: | Batis |
Species: | B. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Batis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Muscicapa capensis Linnaeus, 1766 |
The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.