Cape Batis Male
by Eva Lechner
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Cape Batis Male
Artist
Eva Lechner
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.
The Cape batis is strikingly patterned. The adult male has a grey crown, black eye mask and white throat. Its back is brown, with a black rump and tail and rufous wings. The underparts are white with a broad black breast band and rufous flanks. The female and juvenile plumages differ in that the breast band is narrower and rufous, not black, and there is a small rufous patch on the throat. Their rufous wings and flanks distinguish them from other Batis species in the region.
I was lucky to photograph(Canon 5D Mark III,Canon 100-400 mm Mark II at 400 mm) this beautiful small bird while hiking at Wilderness National Park,South Africa
Copyright 2019 Eva Lechner
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November 3rd, 2019
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