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* Fjeldså, Jon; Bowie, Rauri C. K. & Kiure, Jacob (2006) [http://www.zmuc.dk/VerWeb/Tanzanian_Vertebrates/Bird/Bird_type/Batis_crypta_95.264/95.264_Batis_crypta.pdf The forest batis, ''Batis mixta'', is two species: description of a new, narrowly distributed ''Batis'' species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot.], ''[[Journal of Ornithology]]'', 147 (4): 578-590. |
* Fjeldså, Jon; Bowie, Rauri C. K. & Kiure, Jacob (2006) [http://www.zmuc.dk/VerWeb/Tanzanian_Vertebrates/Bird/Bird_type/Batis_crypta_95.264/95.264_Batis_crypta.pdf The forest batis, ''Batis mixta'', is two species: description of a new, narrowly distributed ''Batis'' species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot.], ''[[Journal of Ornithology]]'', 147 (4): 578-590. |
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The Forest Batis or Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae. It is found in tropical moist forests in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. It mainly occurs in montane forest but in south-east Kenya it is found in lowland forest near the coast.
The Dark Batis (B. crypta) of south-west Tanzania and northern Malawi was formerly included in this species but was described a new separate species in 2006. Reichenow's Batis (B. reichenowi) of coastal south-east Tanzania is often treated as a subspecies of the Cape Batis (B. capensis) or as a species in its own right but may be a subspecies of the Forest Batis.
References
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- BirdLife International 2004. Batis mixta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
- Fjeldså, Jon; Bowie, Rauri C. K. & Kiure, Jacob (2006) The forest batis, Batis mixta, is two species: description of a new, narrowly distributed Batis species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot., Journal of Ornithology, 147 (4): 578-590.