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Batis molitor · Family Platysteiridae
Batis molitor
Family Platysteiridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Platysteiridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 181,442
- Countries and territories with records
- 23
About this species
This species has 181,442 occurrence records from 23 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (71%), Kenya (10%), Zimbabwe (4.2%), Zambia (3%) and Tanzania (2.8%); together they account for 90.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.32% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Batis molitor combines the genus name Batis with the species epithet molitor. The Warbla app catalog lists 19 species of the genus Batis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Batis capensis, Batis pririt and Batis senegalensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 33 species of the family Platysteiridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 15 times the family average (12,056). The family Platysteiridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.