Batis

See also: batis, batís, and bâtis

Translingual

Coined by German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1833.[1] Apparently from Ancient Greek βατίς (batís), an unidentified worm- or grub-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle in History of Animals.[2][3]

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A taxonomic genus within the family Platysteiridae – sparrow-like birds of sub-Saharan Africa.
A taxonomic genus within the family Bataceae – salt-tolerant plants native to warm-temperate-to-tropical America and tropical Australasia; pickleweed.

(genus in Platysteiridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Corvoidea - superfamily; Platysteiridae - family
(genus in Bataceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Bataceae - family

(genus in Platysteiridae): For species see Batis (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(genus in Bataceae): Batis maritima (turtleweed) - type species; Batis argillicola - other species

Friedrich Boie (1833) “Fernere Vemertungen über Classification der Vögel”, in Isis von Oken (in German), volume 26, page (column 880)
Aristotle (c. 350 BC) Των περί τα ζώα ιστοριών [History of Animals]‎ (in Ancient Greek), volume 8, part 3
James A. Jobling, editor (n.d.), “Batis”, in Birds of the World‎, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, archived from the original on 2022-01-18

Batis (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Batis (Platysteiridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Batis (bird) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Batis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Batis (Bataceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Batis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Batis at USDA Plants database
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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