Pririt Batis
Batis pririt
Dry thornveld. The male is grey above and white below, with a broad black breast-band.
LC
Near Endemic
Description
Common, near-endemic resident. Most resembles [Chinspot Batis], but their ranges are almost mutually exclusive. The males are difficult to tell apart; the female has a diagnostic pale buff throat and breast. Further told from (Chinspot Batis) by call: a long, descending sequence of notes ‘peep-peep-peep-peep… choo-choo-choo-choo…’ up to about 100 times. Pairs occur in dry western thornveld, often along watercourses.
Quick Facts
Size
12 cm - S
Names
A: Priritbosbontrokkie
Ss: Swamahlaku-Sa-Bophirima
G: Priritschnäpper
Bird Family
Small leaf-gleaning flycatchers of similar appearance, characterised by grey caps and upperparts, black masks, black or rufous breast-bands and varying amounts of rufous coloration elsewhere. Immatures are dull versions of the adults. They are often found in bird parties. When alarmed they fly about with whirring wings.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Pairs occur in dry western thornveld, often along watercourses.
