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title: "Witflankvliegenvanger"
description: "Batis molitor — Vogels. The chinspot batis (Batis molitor) is a small songbird of the genus Batis in the family Platysteiridae which is a common and widespread species in the woodlands of southern Africa from the Eastern Cape north to 3°N in southern Kenya and Gabon."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chinspot-batis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witflankvliegenvanger

> Batis molitor — Vogels. The chinspot batis (Batis molitor) is a small songbird of the genus Batis in the family Platysteiridae which is a common and widespread species in the woodlands of southern Africa from the Eastern Cape north to 3°N in southern Kenya and Gabon.

- Scientific name: *Batis molitor*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2166
- Wikidata: [Q1317349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317349)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8399](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8399)

## Names

- en: Chinspot Batis
- de: Weißflankenschnäpper
- es: Batis Molitor
- fr: Pririt molitor
- nl: Witflankvliegenvanger
- pl: Krępnik czarnopierśny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1334), KE (158), ZM (88), TZ (87), ZW (84), MW (70), BW (63), NA (21), MZ (18), UG (16), RW (13), SZ (13)

## Summary

The chinspot batis (Batis molitor) is a small songbird of the genus Batis in the family Platysteiridae which is a common and widespread species in the woodlands of southern Africa from the Eastern Cape north to 3°N in southern Kenya and Gabon. It forms a superspecies with other rather similar members of the genus Batis.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13176

## Machine access

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