- Apalis rufogularis
Identification
Length 12 cm. Dark grey above. White below. Relatively short tail for an Apalis.
Distribution
Tropical Africa: Nigeria to Uganda, Tanzania and Angola.
Taxonomy
Apalis rufogularis has six subspecies:[2]
- A. r. sanderi
- South-western Nigeria
- A. r. rufogularis
- Eastern Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic and the island of Bioko
- A. r. angolensis
- North-western Angola
- A. r. brauni
- Western Angola
- A. r. nigrescens
- Extreme southwestern South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, and extreme northwestern Tanzania south to extreme northeastern Angola, and northwestern Zambia
- A. r. kigezi
- South-western Uganda
Kungwe Apalis was formerly included in this species.
Habitat
Forest.
Behaviour
Tends to stay well hidden.
References
- BirdLife International. 2007. Species factsheet: Apalis argentea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 8/5/2008.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, M Wright and D Donsker. 2009. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.0). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-throated Apalis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-throated_Apalis
