Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis) - HBW 11, p. 478
French: Apalis à gorge rousse
German: Weißbauch-Feinsänger
Spanish: Apalis Gorgirrufo
Other common names: Black-backed Apalis (S & E races)
Taxonomy: Drymoica rufogularis Fraser, 1843, Malabo, Bioko.
Forms a superspecies with A. sharpii, A. argentea and A. karamojae. Taxonomy confused by considerable variation in plumage; status of apparently isolated Angolan population (angolensis and brauni) uncertain. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sanderi Serle, 1951 - S Benin and C & SW Nigeria (Jos Plateau and coastal forest E to R Niger).
- rufogularis (Fraser, 1843) - E Nigeria E to Central African Republic, S to Gabon and PRCongo; also Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- angolensis (Bannerman, 1822) - NW Angola.
- sanderi Serle, 1951 - S Benin and C & SW Nigeria (Jos Plateau and coastal forest E to R Niger).
- rufogularis (Fraser, 1843) - E Nigeria E to Central African Republic, S to Gabon and PRCongo; also Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- angolensis (Bannerman, 1822) - NW Angola.
- brauni Stresemann, 1934 - W Angola.
- nigrescens (Jackson, 1906) - DRCongo, SW Sudan, Uganda (except SW), W Kenya, NW Tanzania and NW Zambia.
- kigezi Keith et al., 1967 - Kigezi, in SW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird sitting on a branch and then flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp kigezi)
Keith Blomerley 19 August 2002 6 years ago 24 sec 4
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male perched
Locality Nchila Wildlife Reserve, Northwestern Province, Zambia (ssp nigrescens)
Nik Borrow 19 September 2011 1 year ago 3.4
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