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title: "Cape Batis"
description: "Batis capensis — Uccelli. The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cape-batis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape Batis

> Batis capensis — Uccelli. The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family.

- Scientific name: *Batis capensis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2200
- Wikidata: [Q1317375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317375)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8396](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8396)

## Names

- en: Cape Batis
- de: Kapschnäpper
- fr: Pririt du Cap
- nl: Bruinflankvliegenvanger
- pt: Batis-do-cabo
- pl: Krępnik rdzawoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1980), ZW (30), LS (4)

## Summary

The Cape batis (Batis capensis) is a small, stout insect-eating passerine bird in the wattle-eye family. It is endemic to the Afromontane forests of southern Africa.

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

## Photo

![Cape Batis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-batis/medium.jpg)

Photo: AllyP · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336454158

## Machine access

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