Mystery bird: Chin-spot Batis, Batis molitor

Chin-spot Batis, Batis molitor , also known as the White-flanked Batis, the Chin-spot Flycatcher, the Chin Spot Puffback Flycatcher and (my favorite name for this species) the the Chin-spot Puffback, photographed at Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir , near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. Image: Dan Logen , 14 January 2010. [ larger view ] Nikon D300, 600 mm lens ISO 500, f/6.3, 1/320 sec. Hint: This sexually dimorphic African songbird species is the only one of its genus that "should" be found in this location. This Chin-spot Batis, Batis molitor , is probably a young female based on the presence of black feathers mixed into the rust-colored breast plumage (males have a black breast band). In addition to the chestnut breast band, adult females also have a rust-colored spot on their throats for which this species was named. This small songbird can be distinguished from the somewhat similar Pygmy Batis , Batis perkeo , by its longer tail, longer white "eyebrow" (supercilliary stripe) and yellow eye. This common and wide-ranging species is an insect-eating songbird that lives and breeds in a variety of wooded habitats and at a variety of elevations. If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and appreciative audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.