Bird group

Wattle-eyes and Batises

32 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Angola Batis
Batis minulla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Angola Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Banded Wattle-eye
Platysteira laticincta
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Banded Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Bioko Batis
Batis poensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bioko Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Black-necked Wattle-eye
Platysteira chalybea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-necked Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-throated Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

Boulton's Batis
Batis margaritae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Boulton's Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-throated Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

Cape Batis
Batis capensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cape Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Chestnut Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia castanea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chestnut Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chinspot Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Dark Batis
Batis crypta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Dark Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Eastern Black-headed Batis
Batis minor
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eastern Black-headed Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies,…

Gray-headed Batis
Batis orientalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-headed Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Ituri Batis
Batis ituriensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ituri Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Jameson's Wattle-eye
Platysteira jamesoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Jameson's Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Malawi Batis
Batis dimorpha
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Malawi Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Pale Batis
Batis soror
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pale Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Pririt Batis
Batis pririt
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pririt Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Pygmy Batis
Batis perkeo
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pygmy Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Platysteira blissetti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-cheeked Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

Rwenzori Batis
Batis diops
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rwenzori Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Senegal Batis
Batis senegalensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Senegal Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Short-tailed Batis
Batis mixta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Short-tailed Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Verreaux's Batis
Batis minima
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Verreaux's Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

West African Batis
Batis occulta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The West African Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

West African Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia hormophora
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The West African Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

Western Black-headed Batis
Batis erlangeri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Western Black-headed Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies,…

White-fronted Wattle-eye
Platysteira albifrons
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The White-fronted Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

White-spotted Wattle-eye
Dyaphorophyia tonsa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-spotted Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…

White-tailed Shrike
Lanioturdus torquatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-tailed Shrike is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Woodwards' Batis
Batis fratrum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Woodwards' Batis is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles, and…

Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Platysteira concreta
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye is a small African forest or woodland insectivore, often flicking through the understorey for flies, beetles,…