Batis is a genus of passerine birds in the wattle-eye family. Its species are resident in Africa south of the Sahara. They were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
Taxonomy
The genusBatis was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1833. The type species was subsequently designated as the Cape batis. The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greekbatis, batidos, an unidentified worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle. The genus contains 20 species. ==References==