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Very like [[Ruwenzori Apalis]] except for being noticably larger, all white chin and throat, broader breast band, no rufous on lower breast and deeper colouring on the flanks.
 
Very like [[Ruwenzori Apalis]] except for being noticably larger, all white chin and throat, broader breast band, no rufous on lower breast and deeper colouring on the flanks.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 01:57, 4 March 2017

Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega Forest, Kenya, December 2006
Apalis pulchra

Identification

12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)

  • Dark slate-grey face, crown and upperparts
  • Black breastband

Similar Species

Photo by Mike Barth
Gatamaiyu Forest, Kenya, June 2012

Very like Ruwenzori Apalis except for being noticably larger, all white chin and throat, broader breast band, no rufous on lower breast and deeper colouring on the flanks.

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in genus Oreolais.

Has been considered conspecific with Ruwenzori Apalis in the past.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • A. p. pulchra:
  • A. p. murphyi:
  • Extreme eastern Zaire (Marungu Plateau)

Habitat

Found low down in dense undergrowth in lowland forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and invertebrates, such as caterpillars, grasshoppers and mantids.

Vocalisation

Very like Ruwenzori Apalis.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)

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