Senegal batis

Senegal batis
Male at Faraba, The Gambia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Platysteiridae
Genus: Batis
Species: B. senegalensis
Binomial name
Batis senegalensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Senegal batis (Batis senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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