Grey Apalis - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Mike Barth
Gatamaiyu Forest, Kenya, June 2012

Apalis cinerea

Identification

12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)

• Dark grey plumage
• Greyish-brown crown
• Long tail

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• A. c. funebris:

• Nigeria and Cameroon

• A. c. sclateri:

• Mount Cameroon; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)

• A. c. grandis:

• Western Angola

• A. c. cinerea:

• southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, and northern Tanzania

Habitat

Montane forests, woodland and thickets.

Behaviour

Deit

Their diet consists mostly of insects, including beetles, caterpillars and spiders.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey Apalis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey_Apalis

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