Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1873)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, 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 (14)...)

Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps) [XC750871]
by id from For\u00eat class\u00e9e du Mont Tonkoui, Man, Montagnes District, Ivory Coast (song)

Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps) [XC537680]
by Peter Boesman from For\u00eat class\u00e9e du Mont Tonkoui, Man, Montagnes District, Ivory Coast (song)

Subspecies
Has been suggested that this species belongs in the sylviid genus Eremomela, but it shows affinities also to Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

nigriceps (Shelley, 1873) - North-eastern Sierra Leone east to Gabon and south-western Central African Republic. Also Bioko I (Fernando P�o).
collaris van Someren, 1915 - Eastern DRCongo and Uganda.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps) - 8 files

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