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long feathers are fluffed out. The underparts are white with a black breast band and blackish thighs. The wings are black with a white stripe, the bill and legs are black while the eyes are red. Females are similar in pattern but the upper part colour is more olive in tone, the wings more reddish brown and has a mottled rufous breast band and browner wings. Juveniles similar to female but markings less well differentiated. The short black tail is edged with white.
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The habits of the forest batis are little known, there have been indications of breeding behaviour in May and June in Kenya, September and
October in Tanzania and a single nest with a clutch of 2 eggs has been recorded. Like other batises the largest groups seen are small family groups and pairs are
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The forest batis is a small species measuring 9.5–10 cm (3.7–3.9 in) in length and weighing 10.5–14.2 g (0.37–0.50 oz). The adult male has bluish grey upperparts with a black mask across the face, a white spot on the lores and white spots on the rump which are revealed when the
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441:"Fernere Vemertungen über Classification der Vögel"
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423:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
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873:IUCN Red List least concern species
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883:Birds of East Africa
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45:Conservation status
606:The forest batis,
329:Usambara Mountains
319:of Tanzania, i.e.
307:and north eastern
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38:Male Forest Batis
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490:Gill, Frank
399:11 November
372:Batis mixta
290:Description
212:Batis mixta
184:Batis mixta
867:Categories
845:Xeno-canto
592:2016-11-04
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355:References
311:including
280:subspecies
225:wattle-eye
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346:Behaviour
284:monotypic
160:Species:
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92:Eukaryota
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655:Q1307511
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439:(1833).
417:(1889).
309:Tanzania
235:Taxonomy
227:family,
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112:Chordata
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223:in the
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128:Order:
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612:Batis
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321:Nguru
305:Kenya
268:mixta
256:Batis
252:genus
153:Batis
806:NCBI
793:IUCN
780:ITIS
759:8402
741:GBIF
559:ISBN
506:2018
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401:2021
384:2016
333:Pare
325:Nguu
221:bird
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