Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini) - HBW 11, p. 477
French: Apalis de Chapin
German: Chapinfeinsänger
Spanish: Apalis de Chapin
Other common names: Straus’s Apalis (strausae)
Taxonomy: Apalis chapini Friedmann, 1928, Nyingwa, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Forms a superspecies with A. porphyrolaema and A. kaboboensis; all sometimes treated as conspecific. Form described as Artisornis metopias bensoni is a synonym of race strausae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chapini Friedmann, 1928 - highlands of C Tanzania.
- strausae Boulton, 1931 - S Tanzania, NE Zambia and N & C Malawi.
- Least Concern
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