Short-tailed Batis

SCI Name:  Batis mixta
Protonym:  Pachyprora mixta Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.359 pl.40
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Batis
Taxonomy Code:  shtbat1
Type Locality:  Kilimanjaro; altitude 6,000-7,000 feet.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1889
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

BATIS
(Platysteiridae; Ϯ Cape Batis B. capensis) Gr. βατις batis, βατιδος batidos  grub- or worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle, not further identified, but later associated with a variety of buntings, warblers and chats, including the Western Stonechat (e.g. Turner 1544); "Fam. Muscicapidae. Vigors.  Sippe Batis.  Char. essentialis.  1) Gefieder weiß und schwarz bey ♂, bey ♀ rostfarben und weiß.  2) Länge 5—8 Zoll.  3) Die obere Kinnlade an der Spitze über die untere gekrümmt.  4) 3te Schwungfeder die längste.  5) Die fast ganz von Federn bedeckten Nasenlöcher auf der obern Fläche des Schnabels.    Arten.  Africa: 1) Muscicapa strepitans Lichtenstein, Museum Berlin.   2)  — melanoleuca Licht. Vaill. pl. 161.   3) — molitor Vaill. pl. 160.   4) Muscicapa fimbriata Licht. Mus. Berl.   5) — succincta Licht.  — —    Asien: 1) Muscicapa hirundinacea Fem.   Mehrere dieser Vögel, von denen das Berliner Museum eine schöne Reihenfolge besitzt, wurden schon von Vaillant, jenem ausgezeichneten, so oft ohne ihn zu nennen benutzten, Naturforscher als einander sehr nahe stehend bezeichnet" (Boie 1833).  Boie appears to have thought that the calls of the various flycatchers described by Levaillant and Lichtenstein recalled those of the Stonechat (cf. Gr. βατος batos  bramble) (see molitor and rubetra); "Batis Boie, 1833, Isis von Oken, col. 880. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. 133), [Muscicapa strepitans Lichtenstein =] Muscicapa capensis Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 378).
Synon. Pachyprora.

mixta / mixtum / mixtus
L. mixtus  mixed, mingled  < miscere  to mix.
● "they may with certainty be separated from both P[achyprora]. molitor and P[achyprora]. capensis, of both of which species they unite certain characteristics" (Shelley 1889) (Batis).
● ex “Pic de l’Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 748, fig. 1, “Épeiche varié de la Encénada” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Encenada Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (Veniliornis).

SUBSPECIES

Short-tailed Batis (Short-tailed)
SCI Name: Batis mixta mixta
mixta / mixtum / mixtus
L. mixtus  mixed, mingled  < miscere  to mix.
● "they may with certainty be separated from both P[achyprora]. molitor and P[achyprora]. capensis, of both of which species they unite certain characteristics" (Shelley 1889) (Batis).
● ex “Pic de l’Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 748, fig. 1, “Épeiche varié de la Encénada” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Encenada Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (Veniliornis).

Short-tailed Batis (Reichenow's)
SCI Name: Batis mixta reichenowi
reichenovi / reichenovii / reichenowi
Prof. Georg Anton Eugen Reichenow (1847-1941) German ornithologist (subsp. Aerodramus spodiopygius, Anthreptes, syn. Anthus spinoletta, Batis, subsp. Bocagia minuta, syn. Chlorophoneus multicolor, Cinnyris, subsp. Cisticola brachypterus,  Crithagra, Cryptospiza, subsp. Dendropicos gabonensis, Drepanorhynchus, syn. Dryocopus martius, subsp. Edolisoma schisticeps, syn. Emberiza goslingi, syn. Galerida cristata arenicola, syn. Gymnoris pyrgita, syn. Illadopsis fulvescens (ex Turdinus rufiventris Reichenow, 1893), syn. Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala, syn. Lanius collurio (ex Lanius affinis Fischer & Reichenow, 1884), subsp. Melaenornis chocolatinus, syn. Merops viridissimus, syn. Milvus migrans, syn. Myrmecocichla albifrons frontalis, subsp. Numida meleagris, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, subsp. Oriolus larvatus, subsp. Pachycephala hyperythra, Pionus, Pitta, subsp. Ploceus baglafecht, subsp. Poicephalus meyeri, syn. Prodotiscus zambesiae ellenbecki, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, subsp. Pteroglossus bitorquatus, syn. Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, syn. Pycnonotus xanthopygos, subsp. Rhipidura dryas, subsp. Sarothrura elegans, subsp. Sasia ochracea, subsp. Schistolais leucopogon, Streptopelia, syn. Symposiachrus axillaris fallax, syn. Tachymarptis aequatorialis, subsp. Tauraco livingstonii, subsp. Trochocercus nitens, syn. Turdoides jardineii emini, subsp. Tychaedon leucosticta, syn. Urorhipis rufifrons rufidorsalis, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).