A photo of a Pririt Batis (Batis pririt), female
Pririt Batis, Female

Pririt Batis

Batis pririt

The pririt batis (Batis pririt) also known as the pririt puff-back flycatcher or pririt puffback, is a small passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is resident in Southern Africa and southwestern Angola. It is a small stout insect-eating bird, found in dry broadleaf woodland and thorn scrub. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush. The pririt batis is strikingly patterned. The adult male has a dark grey crown and back, black eye mask and white throat. It has a black rump and tail, and its wing are black with white edging to the flight feathers and a long white shoulder patch. The underparts are white with a broad black breast band and black speckles on the flanks. The female and juvenile plumages differ in that there is no black breast band, but the throat and breast are a warm buff colour. The pririt batis hunts by flycatching, or by taking prey from the ground like a shrike. The song is typically a slow descending series of whistled notes: teuu, teuu, teuu, teuu.
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Sightings

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Ferdinand Bruwer
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 3:33pm
South Africa
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Trevor Kleyn
Sunday 19 Mar 2023 - 1:51pm
South Africa
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Buzzy Joell
Thursday 02 Mar 2023 - 7:29am
Namibia
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Buzzy Joell
Tuesday 28 Feb 2023 - 2:28pm
Namibia
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