Species profile
Batis mystica
Batis mystica
Quick answer
Holotype: ZMB 34027 skin, male, collected by O. Neumann at Kikumbuliu, 16.12.1894. Paratype: male, collected by O. Neumann at Makindu, 15.01.1906. Type locality: Kikumbuliu [Kikumbuliyu, Makueni County, Kenya].
- Scientific name
- Batis mystica
- Family
- Platysteiridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Batis
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