Batis molitor   Chinspot Batis  Witliesbosbontrokkie
Chinspot Batis
Modimolle, Nov 2009
female incubating


A breeding resident. Common and widespread, both across the Waterberg and in the surrounding thorn savanna (53% in, 47% out; recorded in 98% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents any woodland; in territorial pairs year-round; a regular member of mixed-species bird parties in winter. Breeds in summer.
Chinspot Batis Waterberg distribution
Chinspot Batis
Kamonande, Oct 2022

male

Chinspot Batis
Modimolle, May 2013

male

Chinspot Batis male
Mogol Dam Nature Reserve, Jul 2018

male


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