West African batis

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = West African batis

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Batis occulta |volume=2016 |page=e.T22707910A94141670 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707910A94141670.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Batis occulta

| authority = Lawson, 1984

| synonyms = Batis poensis occulta

}}

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The West African batis (Batis occulta) is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae.

It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Fernando Po batis.