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 Serengeti National Park
Pygmy Batis
Batis perkeo
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira peltata
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Hildebrandt's Starling
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
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 Serengeti National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Chinspot Batis sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 564 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chinspot Batis in Serengeti National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Chinspot Batis in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.