Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor)
About the Chinspot Batis
The chinspot batis (Batis molitor) is a small songbird of the genus Batis in the family Platysteiridae which is a common and widespread species in the woodlands of southern Africa from the Eastern Cape north to 3°N in southern Kenya and Gabon. It forms a superspecies with other rather similar members of the genus Batis.
A real field recording of the Chinspot Batis. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 155 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Angolan BatisBatis minullaprofile
- Cape BatisBatis capensisprofile
- Dark BatisBatis cryptaprofile
- Eastern Black-headed BatisBatis minorrecording
- Forest BatisBatis mixtaprofile
- Gabon BatisBatis minimaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.