Reichenow's batis

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Reichenow's batis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Batis
Species:
B. reichenowi
Binomial name
Batis reichenowi
Grote, 1911

Reichenow's batis (Batis reichenowi) is a passerine bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae occurring in southeast Tanzania in east Africa. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the forest batis.

Taxonomy

Reichenow's batis was described by the German Ornithologist Hermann Grote in 1911 and given its current binomial name Batis reichenowi. [2] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow. [3] Reichenow's batis previously been treated as a subspecies of the forest batis (Batis mixta) and of the Cape batis (Batis capensis). [4] Although the plumage of Reichenow's batis distinctive, an analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2006 found that the DNA from specimens of Reichenow's batis were nested within sequences of the forest batis. [5]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2021). "Batis reichenowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T22707842A197945320. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22707842A197945320.en . Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. Grote, Hermann (1911). "Neue Vogelarten aus Ostafrica". Ornithologische Monatsberichte (in German). 19 (9): 162-163 [162].
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  4. Louette, M. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Reichenow's Batis (Batis reichenowi)" . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. 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" (PDF). Journal of Ornithology. 147 (4): 578–590. doi:10.1007/s10336-006-0082-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2018-06-26.