| Black-headed Batis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Platysteiridae |
| Genus: | Batis |
| Species: | B. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Batis minor Erlanger, 1901 |
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The Black-headed Batis (Batis minor) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and moist savanna.
It is sometimes split into two species: Eastern Black-headed Batis (B. minor) in southern Somalia and eastern parts of Kenya and Tanzania and Western Black-headed Batis (B. erlangeri) in the rest of the range.