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Batis occulta  Lawson, 1984
Taxonomic Serial No.: 558891

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Batis poensis occulta Lawson, 1984
  
  Common Name(s): West African Batis [English]
  
    Pririt de Lawson [French]
  
    bátis-da-áfrica-ocidental [Portuguese]
  
    bátis-oculto [Portuguese]
  
    Batis oculto [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyPlatysteiridae Mathews, 1922 – batises, wattle-eyes  
                               GenusBatis F. Boie, 1833  
                                  SpeciesBatis occulta Lawson, 1984 – West African Batis, Pririt de Lawson, bátis-da-áfrica-ocidental, bátis-oculto, Batis oculto  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Batis occulta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Batis occulta, West African Batis [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clancey, P. A.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: The gender of the genus Batis Boie, 1933   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 109, no. 2   
  Page(s): 122   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Batis occulta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawson, Walter James  
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title: The West African mainland forest dwelling population of Batis; a new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 104, no. 4   
  Page(s): 144-146   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40084973   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sibley, Charles G., and Burt L. Monroe, Jr.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World   
  Page(s): 1111   
  Publisher: Yale University Press   
  Publication Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0300049692   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Batis occulta   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Spelled Batis occultus in original publication; see Clancey, 1989 for dicussion of gender of generic name  
 

 

    

 
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