Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPlatysteiridae (Wattle-eyes and Batises)
- GenusBatis (turtleweeds)
- SpeciesBatis molitor (Chinspot Batis)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Pygmy Batis
Batis perkeo
Short-tailed Batis
Batis mixta
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Histurgops ruficauda
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Northern Fiscal
Lanius humeralis
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix leucopareia
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chinspot Batis in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Chinspot Batis sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 243 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chinspot Batis in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
May has the highest sighting rate for Chinspot Batis in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.