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[[Image:BuffThroatedApalis.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female <br />Photo by {{user|Toy+Janssen|Toy Janssen}}<br />Location: [[Uganda]], January, 2009 ]]
 
[[Image:BuffThroatedApalis.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female <br />Photo by {{user|Toy+Janssen|Toy Janssen}}<br />Location: [[Uganda]], January, 2009 ]]
 
;[[:Category:Apalis|Apalis]] rufogularis
 
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'''Includes Kungwe Apalis'''
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Length 12 cm. Dark grey above. White below. Relatively short tail for an Apalis.  
 
Length 12 cm. Dark grey above. White below. Relatively short tail for an Apalis.  
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Tropical [[Africa]]: [[Nigeria]] to [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Angola]].
 
Tropical [[Africa]]: [[Nigeria]] to [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Angola]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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''Apalis rufogularis'' has seven subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
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''Apalis rufogularis'' has six subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
 
*''A. r. sanderi ''
 
*''A. r. sanderi ''
 
:*South-western [[Nigeria]]
 
:*South-western [[Nigeria]]
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*''A. r. brauni''
 
*''A. r. brauni''
 
:*Western [[Angola]]
 
:*Western [[Angola]]
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*''A. r. argenteus''
 
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:*Eastern [[DRC]] to [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]] and western [[Tanzania]]
 
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:*Regarded as a separate species '''Kungwe Apalis''' by some authorities<sup>[[#References|[1]]][[#References|[3]]][[#References|[4]]][[#References|[5]]]</sup>
 
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:*Classified as '''Endangered''' in the 2007 IUCN Red List<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
 
*''A. r. nigrescens''
 
*''A. r. nigrescens''
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:*South-western [[Sudan]] to [[DRC]], [[Zambia]], north-eastern [[Angola]], [[Uganda]] and north-western [[Tanzania]]
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:*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''
 
*''A. r. kigezi''
 
:*South-western [[Uganda]]
 
:*South-western [[Uganda]]
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[[Kungwe Apalis]] was formerly included in this species.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Forest.
 
Forest.
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==References==
 
==References==
 
#BirdLife International. 2007. Species factsheet: ''Apalis argentea''. Downloaded from [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7410&m=0 http://www.birdlife.org] on 8/5/2008.
 
#BirdLife International. 2007. Species factsheet: ''Apalis argentea''. Downloaded from [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7410&m=0 http://www.birdlife.org] on 8/5/2008.
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 21 September 2017

Female
Photo by Toy Janssen
Location: Uganda, January, 2009
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
  • A. r. rufogularis
  • A. r. angolensis
  • A. r. brauni
  • A. r. nigrescens
  • A. r. kigezi

Kungwe Apalis was formerly included in this species.

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

Tends to stay well hidden.

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2007. Species factsheet: Apalis argentea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 8/5/2008.
  2. 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/
  3. Gill, F, M Wright and D Donsker. 2009. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.0). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
  5. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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