Family
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Platysteiridae
32 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
Platysteiridae is a family of small, stout passerine birds of the African tropics. The family contains the wattle-eyes and batises. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatchers, Muscicapidae.
Species in this family
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Dark Batis Batis crypta
- Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
- Rwenzori Batis Batis diops
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum
- Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis
- Boulton's Batis Batis margaritae
- Verreaux's Batis Batis minima
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Angola Batis Batis minulla
- Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Bioko Batis Batis poensis
- Pririt Batis Batis pririt
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa
- White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus
- White-fronted Wattle-eye Platysteira albifrons
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Black-necked Wattle-eye Platysteira chalybea
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Jameson's Wattle-eye Platysteira jamesoni
- Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
Lookalikes compared
- Bioko Batis vs West African Batis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye vs Cape Batis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye vs Chinspot Batis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye vs Pririt Batis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye vs Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
- Cape Batis vs Chinspot Batis
- Cape Batis vs Pririt Batis
- Cape Batis vs Woodwards' Batis
- Chinspot Batis vs Pale Batis
- Chinspot Batis vs Pririt Batis
- Grey-headed Batis vs Eastern Black-headed Batis
- Grey-headed Batis vs Western Black-headed Batis
- Ituri Batis vs Angola Batis
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye vs Jameson's Wattle-eye
- West African Batis vs Angola Batis
- Western Black-headed Batis vs Pygmy Batis
- Woodwards' Batis vs Pririt Batis
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye vs Boulton's Batis