BATIS Boie, 1833 F - Muscicapa capensis Linnaeus, 1766; type by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. 133).  
Batis diops F.J. Jackson, 1905 Ruwenzori Batis
iE DR Congo, SW Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Batis margaritae Margaret's Batis
margaritae Boulton, 1934 iW Angola (Mt. Moco)
kathleenae C.M.N. White, 1941 iS DR Congo, NW Zambia
Batis mixta5 Forest Batis mixta (Shelley, 1889)6 vSE Kenya, NE Tanzania reichenowi Grote, 19117 SE Tanzania Batis crypta Fjeldså, Bowie & Kiure, 2006 Dark Batis
vC, E and S Tanzania, NW Malawi [Fjeldså, 2006 #6212]
Batis capensis8 Cape Batis sola W. Lawson, 1964 vNE Zambia, N Malawi
dimorpha (Shelley, 1893) vS Malawi, N Mozambique
kennedyi Smithers & W. Paterson, 1956 iSW and C Zimbabwe
erythrophthalma Swynnerton, 1907 vE Zimbabwe, W Mozambique, SW Malawi
hollidayi Clancey, 1952 iNE South Africa (Limpopo to N KwaZulu-Natal and E Free State), S Mozambique, Swaziland
capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) vS and E South Africa (Western Cape to S KwaZulu-Natal)
Batis fratrum Woodwards' Batis
sheppardi Haagner, 19099 S Malawi, C Mozambique, SE Zimbabwe fratrum (Shelley, 1900) S Mozambique, NE South Africa (N KwaZulu-Natal)
Batis molitor Chinspot Batis
puella Reichenow, 1893 iE DR Congo, South Sudan and Uganda to W and C Kenya and Tanzania
pintoi W. Lawson, 1966 iN and C Angola, NW Zambia
palliditergum Clancey, 1955 iS Angola, S Zambia, N Namibia, N and E Botswana, NE South Africa
molitor (Küster, 1850)10 iS Mozambique, E Swaziland, SE South Africa Batis senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Senegal Batis
vSW Mauritania and Senegal to NE Nigeria and C Cameroon
Batis orientalis Grey-headed Batis
chadensis Alexander, 1908 vE Nigeria, S Chad and Central African Republic to SW Sudan, South Sudan and W Ethiopia
lynesi C.H.B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1940 iNE Sudan
orientalis (von Heuglin, 1870)11,12 αvSE Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia (except W), Somalia, NE Uganda and N Kenya Batis soror Reichenow, 1903 East Coast Batis/Pale Batis
iSE Kenya to S Mozambique
Batis pririt Pririt Batis
affinis (Wahlberg, 1855)13 αvSW Angola, Namibia, W and C Botswana, NW South Africa pririt (Vieillot, 1818) iS and C South Africa (Western Cape and W Eastern Cape to Free State)
Batis minor Black-headed Batis
minor von Erlanger, 1901 vS Somalia
suahelica Neumann, 190714 vSE Kenya, E Tanzania Batis erlangeri15 Von Erlanger's Batis erlangeri Neumann, 1907 N Cameroon to Ethiopia, south to Uganda, W Kenya and Burundi
congoensis Neumann, 190716 vS PR Congo, SW DR Congo, NW Angola Batis perkeo Neumann, 1907 Pygmy Batis
iSE South Sudan, S Ethiopia, S Somalia, N and E Kenya, NE Tanzania
Batis minulla (Bocage, 1874) Angola Batis
vGabon, NW PR Congo, W DR Congo, W Angola
Batis minima (J. & E. Verreaux, 1855) Verreaux's Batis/Gabon Batis
vS Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, W PR Congo
Batis ituriensis Chapin, 1921 Ituri Batis
vNE and E DR Congo, W Uganda
Batis poensis Bioko Batis
occulta W. Lawson, 198417 vSierra Leone to Ghana; SW Nigeria to S PR Congo poensis Alexander, 1903 vBioko
PLATYSTEIRA Jardine & Selby, 1830 F - Muscicapa melanoptera J.F. Gmelin, 1789; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1840, A List of the Genera of Birds, p. 31). = Muscicapa cyanea Statius Muller, 1776 
Platysteira cyanea23 Brown-throated Wattle-eye cyanea (Statius Muller, 1776) vSenegal and Gambia to W Central African Republic, Gabon, SW DR Congo and NW Angola
nyansae Neumann, 190524 iE Central African Republic and C and E DR Congo to W and S South Sudan, W Kenya and NW Tanzania aethiopica Neumann, 1905 vE South Sudan, W Ethiopia
Platysteira albifrons Sharpe, 1873 White-fronted Wattle-eye
iNW Angola
Platysteira laticincta 25 Bates, G.L., 1926 Banded Wattle-eye vHighlands of W Cameroon
Platysteira peltata Black-throated Wattle-eye
cryptoleuca Oberholser, 1905 vSomalia to E Tanzania, SE Zambia, N Malawi, N Mozambique and E Zimbabwe
mentalis Bocage, 1878 vUganda and W Kenya to E and S DR Congo, N and W Zambia and Angola
peltata Sundevall, 1850 vE Zambia and S Malawi to C and S Mozambique and NE South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)