Chinspot Batis
Closely related to shrikes...found in
south-central Sub-Saharan Africa
...is cute, dumpy and colorful.
south-central Sub-Saharan Africa
...is cute, dumpy and colorful.
Batis molitor
(L 4")
Lake Nakuru Lodge
31Oct2014
female - has a chestnut throat
spot and breast band.
spot and breast band.
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.
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Batis is a worm-eating bird
mentioned by Aristotle; molitor in
Latin means builder, in refernce to
the finely built nest of this bird.
mentioned by Aristotle; molitor in
Latin means builder, in refernce to
the finely built nest of this bird.