Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini) [XC26112]
by Frank Lambert from Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (call, call (slow version))
Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini) [XC450333]
by Abdulrahman Adam from Ukaguru Mts., Tanzania (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema) and Kabobo Apalis (Apalis kaboboensis) and all sometimes treated as conspecific. Form described as Artisornis metopias bensoni is a synonym of subspecies strausae.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
chapini Friedmann, 1928 - Highlands of central Tanzania.
strausae Boulton, 1931 - Southern Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia and northern and central Malawi.