The Chinspot Batis, Batis molitor, is a songbird from the southern two-thirds of the African continent. It is quite common and lives in most types of habitats there.
They are primarily insect eaters hawking insects from a perch or hunting them on the ground.
Classification:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Batis
Species: B. molitor
Photos:
Chinspot Batis (female)
"Marloth Park, South Africa"
Photo courtesy of Jumbo22
Chinspot Batis (male)
"Marloth Park, South Africa"
Photo courtesy of Jumbo22
Ed. Note: It’s pretty special that Jumbo22 was able to get a good close photo of each sex when I could only find one other photo that I could post here - total.
Chinspot Batis, Aberdare Mtns. Kenya
"A female at The Ark in Aberdare Mountains. K200"
Photo courtesy of brad.schram
Video:
Commentary:
Birders Paradise at Xugana Island Lodge
Chinspot Batis – The female has a chestnut breast bar and the male has a broad black bar on the breast. Kurrichane Thrush – This bird is mostly seen on the ground, searching through leaves for worms & insects. … Read more…
Baillon’s Crake - Botswana November 2008
F Chinspot Batis Batis molitor 28 37 019 Nxai Pans BW 11-28-08 F African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 28 39 020 Seronga - Mbiraba Camp BW 11-15-08 F Hartlaub’s Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii 28 43 192 Seronga - Mbiraba Camp BW … Read more…
Bird of the Day - Chinspot Batis
Chinspot Batis Batis molitor. A common and familiar bird in savanna and woodland, ranging mostly in the Eastern and North Eastern half of Southern Africa. Habitat Savanna, woodland, including miombo, acacia and mopane. … Read more…
travel tales :: re: was it a dream… knp june 2008
author: arks. posted: mon jul 07, 2008 1:52 am (gmt 2) i’m also about your chinspot batis — lovely photo! and very entertaining report. i think your spider’s nest is the nest of the community (or communal) spiders. … Read more…
Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests - Encyclopedia of Earth
Examples are golden rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus), yellow-fronted tinkerbird (P. chrysocomus) and white-chested tinkerbird (P. makawai); chinspot batis (Batis molitor) and Margaret’s batis (B. margaritae); … Read more…
