Woodward's Batis (Batis fratrum)
About the Woodward's Batis
Woodwards' batis (Batis fratrum) or the Zululand batis, is a species of small bird in the wattle-eyes family, Platysteiridae. It occurs in southeastern Africa where it is found in woodlands and forests. A description of Woodwards' batis by the English ornithologist George Ernest Shelley was included as a footnote in an article on birds from Lake St. Lucia in South Africa by the English missionaries and farmers Richard and John Woodward (the Woodward brothers) published in 1900. Shelley coined the binomial name Pachypora fratrum. The specific name fratrum is Latin for "of the brothers". Woodwards' batis is now placed in the genus Batis that was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1833. The species is monotypic.
No audio on this page yet
We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 12 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitorrecording
- Eastern Black-headed BatisBatis minorrecording
- Pygmy BatisBatis perkeorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.