Platysteiridae is a family of small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. The family contains the
Wattle-eyes,
Batises and
Shrike-flycatchers. They were previously classed
as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. These insect-eating birds are found in usually open forests or bush. They hunt by flycatching, or by taking prey from the ground like a shrike.
The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush.
Genus Batis
Batis,_Angolan Batis minulla Found: Angola, Republic of the Congo, DR Congo, Gabon
Image by:
1)
Andrew_Self - Angola 2)
Nik_Borrow - Gabon
1) Female 2) Male
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS3/Batis,_Angolan_ Andrew_Self.jpg)
Batis,_Bioko Batis poensis Found: Equatorial Guinea.
Image by:
1)
Nik_Borrow
Batis, Black-headed Batis minor Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Peter Steward - Kenya 2)
Nigel_Voaden - Central African Republic
![](../People/StewardPeterSM/Batis,_Black-headed_PeterSteward.jpg)
Batis,_Boulton's also
Margaret's Batis Batis margaritae Found: Angola, DR Congo, Zambia
Image by:
1, 2) Nik_Borrow- Zambia
Nigel_Voaden - DR Congo
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Boulton's_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Boulton's_Nik_Borrow2.jpg)
Batis,_Cape Batis capensis Found: South Africa, Zimbabwe
Image by: 1)
Paul_Bernard 2)
Blake_Matheson - South Africa
3, 4) Nik Borrows - Zimbabwe
1) Female 2, 3) Male
![](../IMAGE9SM/Batis,_Cape_Paul_Bernard.jpg)
![](../People/MathesonBlakeSM/Batis,_Cape_Blake_Matheson.jpg)
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Cape_Nik_Borrow2.jpg)
Batis, Chinspot Batis molitor Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Arno Meintjes 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Keekorok Lodge in the Masia Mara, Kenya 4)
Joseph Mochoge - Kenya 5)
Johann_duPreez - South Africa
1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5) Male
![](../People/MeintjesArnoSM/Batis,_Chinspot_Arno_Louise.jpg)
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Batis,_Chinspot_female2.jpg)
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Batis,_Chinspot_female.jpg)
![](../People/MochogeJosephSM/Batis,_Chinspot_male_JosephMochoge.jpg)
Batis,_Dark Batis crypta Found: east Afica
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4
) Louis_Andre_Hansen - Tanzania
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS3/Batis,_Dark_ Louis_Andre_Hansen.jpg)
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Batis,_Gray-headed Batis orientalis Found: Africa
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1)
Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia 2)
Kris Maes - Ethiopia 3)
Bassel_Abi_Jummaa - Ethiopia
1) Female 2, 3) Male
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Gray-headed_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Batis,_Gray-headed_KrisMaes.jpg)
Batis,_Ituri Batis ituriensis Found: DR Congo, Uganda
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1)
Nik_Borrow - Uganda
1) Male
Batis,_Pale Batis soror Found: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
Image by:
1)
Steve_Garvie - Kenya 2)
Maans_Booysen - Mozambique
![](../People/GarvieSM/Batis,_Pale_Steve_Garvie.jpg)
Batis,_Pririt Batis pririt Found: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Image by:
1, 2) Alan_Manson - South Africa 3)
Ron_Knight 4)
Nik_Borrow.- Nambia
![](../People/MansonAlanSM/Batis,_Pririt_Alan_Manson.jpg)
![](../People/MansonAlanSM/Batis,_Pririt_Alan_Manson2.jpg)
![](../People/KnightRonSM/Batis,_Pririt_Ron_Knight.jpg)
Batis,_Pygmy Batis perkeo Found: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Image by:
1, 3, 4) Peter_Steward - Kenya
2, 5) Nik_Borrow - Tanzania, Ethiopia
![](../People/StewardPeterSM/Batis,_Pygmy_Peter_Steward.jpg)
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Pygmy_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
![](../People/StewardPeterSM/Batis,_Pygmy_Peter_Steward2.jpg)
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Batis, Ruwenzori Batis diops Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Oleg Chernyshov - Uganda
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Batis,_Senegal Batis senegalensis Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Nik_Borrow - Ghana
2, 3) Steve_Garvie
1) Female 2, 3) Male
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Senegal_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
![](../People/GarvieSM/Batis,_Senegal_Steve_Garvie.jpg)
Batis,_Short-tailed also
Forest Batis Batis mixta Found: eastern Africa
Image by:
1)
Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
2, 3) Steve_Garvie - Kenya .
1, 2) Female 3) Male
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Batis,_Forest_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
![](../People/GarvieSM/Batis,_Short-tailed_Steve_Garvie2.jpg)
Batis,_Verreaux's Batis minima Found: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Image by:
1)
hbw.com
Batis,_West_African Batis occulta Found: Africa
Image by:
1)
Laval Roy - Ghana
Batis,_Western_Black-headed Batis erlangeri Found: central Africa
Image by: 1)
Nik_Borrow - thiopia
Batis,_Woodward's Batis fratrum Found: Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Image by:
1)
Alan_Manson - South Africa
2, 3) Francesco_Veronesi - South Africa
1) Female 2) Male
![](../People/MansonAlanSM/Batis,_Woodward's_Alan_Manson.jpg)
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Batis,_Woodward's_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg)
Genus Lanioturdus - 1 species
Shrike,_White-tailed Lanioturdus torquatus Found: Angola, Namibia
Image by: 1)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Namibia 2)
Charles_Davies - Angola
![](../People/OldenettelSM/Shrike,_White-tailed_Jerry_Oldenettel.jpg)
Genus Platysteira
Wattle-eye,_Banded Platysteira laticincta Found: Cameroon
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1)
Nik_Borrow
Wattle-eye,_Black-necked Platysteira chalybea Found: Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Image by:
1)
Jacob_Cooper
Wattle-eye, Black-throated Platysteira peltata Found: Africa
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels -
Keekorok Lodge in the Masai Mara
4,
5) Alan Manson - South Africa 6)
Francesco Veronesi - Malawi 7)
Joseph Mochoge - Gilgil, Kenya
1 - 4) Female 5, 6, 7) Male
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Wattle-eye,_Black-throated_female.jpg)
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Wattle-eye,_Black-throated_female2.jpg)
![](../Daniels/Kenya/KenyaSM/Wattle-eye,_Black-throated_female3.jpg)
![](../People/MansonAlanSM/Wattle-eye,_Black-throated_Alan_Manson.jpg)
![](../People/MansonAlanSM/Wattle-eye,_Black-throated_male_Alan_Manson.jpg)
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Wattle-eye,_Black-throated_FrancescoVeronesi.jpg)
Wattle-eye_Brown-throated Platysteira cyanea Found: central Africa
Image by:
1)
Tom_Tarrant - Uganda 2)
Heather_and_Mike - Uganda 3)
Allan_Hopkins - Gambia 4)
Steve_Garvie - Gambia
5, 6) Nik_Borrow - Uganda, Ethiopia
1, 2) Female 3 - 6) Male
![](../People/AvicedaSM/Wattle-eye_Brown-throated_Tom_Tarrant.jpg)
![](../IMAGE9SM/Wattle-eye_Brown-throated_Heather_and_Mike.jpg)
![](../People/HopkinsAllanSM/Wattle-eye_Brown-throated_Allan_Hopkins_eq.jpg)
![](../People/GarvieSM/Wattle-eye_Brown-throated_Steve_Garvie.jpg)
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Wattle-eye,_Brown-throated_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
Wattle-eye,_Chestnut Platysteira castanea Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - specimen in
Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 2)
Michael and Helen Cox 3)
Brendan_Ryan - Uganda 4)
Marcel_Holyoak - Cameroon
1) Male, left; female, right 2, 3) Female 4) Male
![](../Daniels/NairobiNationalMuseumSM/Wattle-eye,_Chestnut_was_Chestnut_Bitis.jpg)
![](../People/CoxM_and_H_SM/Wattle-eye,_Chestnut_M_H_Cox.jpg)
![](../People/RyanBrendan_SM/Wattle-eye,_Chestnut_Brendan_Ryan.jpg)
Wattle-eye,_Jameson's Platysteira jamesoni Found: DR Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania
Image by:
1) Steve_Garvie
Wattle-eye,_Red-cheeked Platysteira blissetti Found: Africa
Image by:
1)
Nik_Borrow
Wattle-eye,_West_African Platysteira hormophora Found: Africa
Image by: 1)
barty63 - Ghana
2, 3, 4) Nik_Borrow - Ghana
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS3/Wattle-eye,_West_African_Barty63a.jpg)
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Wattle-eye,_West_African_Nik_Borrow.jpg)
![](../People/BorrowNikSM/Wattle-eye,_West_African_Nik_Borrow2.jpg)
Wattle-eye,_White-fronted Platysteira albifrons Found: Angola
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1)
Pedro_Vaz_Pinto - Angola
Wattle-eye,_Yellow-bellied Platysteira concreta Found: Africa
Image by:
1)
Nik_Borrow - Cameroon
1) Female