358 Muscicapidae: flycatchers and batises Mozambique Batis 14˚ Mosambiekbosbontrokkie MOZAMBIQUE BATIS Batis soror 1 5 The Mozambique Batis inhabits the coastal belt 18˚ of Mozambique and extends to just south of the equator. It occurs marginally in the eastern high- lands of Zimbabwe where it is reported infre- quently. 22˚ It was formerly considered to be a subspecies 6 of the Chinspot Batis B. molitor and it closely 2 resembles that species in appearance (especially the males) and vocalizations. It is inconspicuous 26˚ when not calling, because it tends to remain in the tree canopy. Its habitat in Zimbabwe is the miombo wood- land of the moist seaward-facing slopes of the 3 7 mountains from Nyanga (1832BA) southwards 30˚ to the Chimanimani area (1933C), and also the Save–Runde river confluence (2132AB) (Irwin 1981). It ascends to at least 1500 m in the Chi- 4 8 manimani Mountains (Irwin 1981). 34˚ Any movements are likely to be altitudinal. 18˚ 22˚ 26˚ Most atlas records come from summer, but there 10˚ 14˚ 30˚ 34˚ is insufficient information. Egglaying has been reported October–November (Irwin 1981). The Mozambique Batis is said to replace the Chinspot Batis in moister areas, and their overlap is probably mar- ginal and limited to areas with a wide range of altitudes, except at the Save–Runde confluence (Irwin 1981). In the Haroni–Rusitu (2032BB) area, those two species are sea- sonally also found with Cape B. capensis and Woodwards’ Recorded in 5 grid cells, 0.1% B. fratrum Batises, but again with some separation by habi- Total number of records: 37 tat and altitude (Irwin 1981). The range of the Mozam- Mean reporting rate for range: 21.6% bique Batis in the region does not appear to have changed in recent times and there is no reason to suggest that it is threatened. D.B. Hanmer and W.J. Chadder 1.0 1 5 1.0 2 6 1.0 3 7 1.0 Occurrence reporting rate (%) 4 8 J ASONDJ FMAMJ J ASONDJ FMAMJ Models of seasonality for Zones. Number of records (top to bottom, left to right): Occurrence: 0, 0, 0, 0, 37, 0, 0, 0..