Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Platysteiridae > Batis > Batis sororBatis soror (Pale Batis; East Coast Batis)The pale batis (Batis soror) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family.It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and dry savanna. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.86337 EDGE Score: 1.9262 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 10 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | | Mating Display [4] | Non-acrobatic aerial display |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian coastal flooded savanna |
Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Arabuko-Sokoke Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimanimani Mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dakatcha Woodland |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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East Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gorongosa Mountain and National Park |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Haroni: Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kilombero Valley |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Kilwa District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Kisarawe District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lindi District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Liwonde Hills Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Liwonde National Park |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mikumi National Park |
Tanzania |
A3 |
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Mnazi Bay |
Tanzania |
A4i |
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Moebase region |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mtwara District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1 |
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Namizimu Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Netia |
Mozambique |
A3 |
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Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Panda Brachystegia woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pomene |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rufiji District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Selous Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Soche Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tana River Delta |
Kenya |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Tana River Forests |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Zambezi River Delta |
Mozambique |
A1, A3, A4i |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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