The Dark Batis occurs in evergreen upland forest from the mountains of eastern Tanzania to northwestern Malawi. Males have a black facial pattern and broad chest band, plus a white wing stripe.
Males have a black facial mask, a broad black chest band, and a white stripe on the wing.
It inhabits evergreen upland forest and is recorded in the Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania and in northwestern Malawi.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.