Black-collared Apalis (Oreolais pulcher)

Other Scientific Names
Apalis pulchra [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Oreolais pulcher

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1891)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Black-collared Apalis (Oreolais pulcher) [XC451964]
by Oliver Fowler from Rondo Retreat garden and nearby trail system, Kakamega Forest, Kakamega County, Kenya (call)

Black-collared Apalis (Oreolais pulcher) [XC352739]
by James Bradley from Agoro Agu Forest Reserve, Lamwo, Northern Region, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
Apalis pulchra and Apalis ruwenzorii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include ruwenzorii as a subspecies of pulchra. Both taxa are transferred into the genus Oreolais following Nguembock et al. (2008).

Forms a superspecies with Ruwenzori Apalis (Oreolais ruwenzorii) and sometimes treated as conspecific. They may be better placed together in a separate genus. Also, often considered closely related to Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), but differs in having ten (not twelve) rectrices and is genetically quite distinct.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pulcher (Sharpe, 1891) - South-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon highlands, north-eastern DRCongo, southern Sudan, south-eastern Uganda and south-western Kenya.
murphyi (Chapin, 1932) - Marungu Mts, in south-eastern DRCongo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-collared Apalis (Oreolais pulcher) - 10 files

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