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.

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) [XC718857]
by Hans Matheve from Ankasa NR, Ghana (song)

Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps) [XC404743]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Atewa Range, Ghana, Ghana (call)

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) - 9 files

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