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title: "Piritschnäpper"
description: "Batis pririt — Vögel. The pririt batis (Batis pririt) also known as the pririt puff-back flycatcher or pririt puffback, is a small passerine bird in the wattle-eye family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/pririt-batis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Piritschnäpper

> Batis pririt — Vögel. The pririt batis (Batis pririt) also known as the pririt puff-back flycatcher or pririt puffback, is a small passerine bird in the wattle-eye family.

- Scientific name: *Batis pririt*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 718
- Wikidata: [Q1317327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317327)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8412](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8412)

## Names

- en: Pririt Batis
- de: Piritschnäpper
- fr: Pririt de Vieillot
- nl: Pririvliegenvanger
- pt: Batis-de-pririt
- pl: Krępnik szaroboczny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (339), NA (327), BW (21), AO (5)

## Summary

The pririt batis (Batis pririt) also known as the pririt puff-back flycatcher or pririt puffback, is a small passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is resident in Southern Africa and southwestern Angola.
It is a small stout insect-eating bird, found in dry broadleaf woodland and thorn scrub. The nest is a small neat cup low in a tree or bush.
The pririt batis is strikingly patterned. The adult male has a dark grey crown and back, black eye mask and white throat. It has a black rump and tail, and its wing are black with white edging to the flight feathers and a long white shoulder patch. The underparts are white…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pririt_batis

## Photo

![Piritschnäpper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pririt-batis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ludwig Muller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57438821

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pririt-batis?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).