Pygmy Batis
Batis perkeo
Heavily over-grazed scrub habitat near Lake Baringo, Rift Valley, Kenya. Oct. 2016.
Yet another bird that predates insects and is sharply black-and-white. Pygmy Batis, less than 10 cm in length, inhabits dry, thorny scrub in semi-arid or savanna areas in northeastern Africa.
Platysteiridae -- Batis and Wattle-eye Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe