Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow & Neumann, 1895

Habitat
Montane forest, gallery forest, their edges and secondary growth. From 1,600 - 3,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Kenya (B), Rwanda (B), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B), Uganda (B).

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.

Habits
In pairs or small family parties, occasionally of 6 - 8.

Food
Insects and spiders.

Voice
An often repeated 'dzzee dzzee', sometimes run together in a trill. A higher pitched 'tsee tseee', noted in Tanzania.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema) [XC541546]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kabale, Western Region, Uganda (song)

Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema) [XC701935]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Bufumbira (near Bwanjebe), Wilaya ya Kisoro, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (uncertain)

Subspecies
Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema) and Kabobo Apalis (Apalis kaboboensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are now lumped into Apalis porphyrolaema following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies with Kabobo Apalis (Apalis kaboboensis) and Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini) and all sometimes treated as conspecific.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

porphyrolaema Reichenow & Neumann, 1895 - Eastern DRCongo, western Rwanda, north-western Burundi, eastern Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania.
affinis Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 - South-western Uganda.
kaboboensis Prigogine, 1955 - DR Congo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema) - 10 files

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