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Western black-headed batis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Platysteiridae
Genus:	Batis
Species:	B. erlangeri
Binomial name
Batis erlangeri Neumann, 1907
Synonyms
Batis minor erlangeri

The western black-headed batis (Batis erlangeri) or Von Erlanger's batis, is a species of passerine bird in the wattle-eye family Platysteiridae. It is found over an extensive area of central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and moist savanna. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the eastern black-headed batis (Batis minor).

Two subspecies are recognised:

• B. e. erlangeri Neumann, 1907 – north Cameroon to Ethiopia south to Uganda, west Kenya and Burundi
• B. e. congoensis Neumann, 1907 – south Congo, southwest Democratic Republic of the Congo, west Angola

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Batis erlangeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22734102A118748524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22734102A118748524.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Louette, M. (2019). "Western Black-headed Batis (Batis erlangeri)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes, vangas". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

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