Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni)

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1891

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,000 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni) [XC804639]
by Bram Piot from Castle Lodge Entrance Mount Kenya, Kenya (song)

Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni) [XC71441]
by Martin St-Michel from Kibira Forest NP (Teza), Burundi (song)

Subspecies
Exhibits some affinities to Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland. Subspecies albimentalis often merged with nominate, but it is geographically remote and has some subtle plumage differences.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

bambuluensis Serle, 1949 - South-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon highlands.
minor Ogilvie-Grant, 1917 - Southern Cameroon, northern Gabon, north-western PRCongo, south-western Central African Republic and northern DRCongo.
jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 - Southern Sudan, eastern DRCongo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and northern Tanzania.
albimentalis Meise, 1958 - Northern Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni) - 10 files

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