Forest Batis

Batis mixta (Shelley, 1889)

Forest Batis, Batis mixta, is a bird of the Platysteiridae family found in south-east Kenya and east Tanzania. It lives in coastal forest, miombo woodland and montane forest, and is recorded from sea level to 2,300 m on Kilimanjaro. The bird is also known as the short-tailed batis. It was first described by Shelley in 1889. Its range includes the south-eastern Kenyan coast, north-eastern Tanzania and the northern Eastern Arc Mountains, with records from the Nguru, Nguu, Usambara, Pare and Kilimanjaro areas.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Platysteiridae — Wattle-eyes, Batises

Breeding range

Africa: se Kenya to e Tanzania