Apalis [cinerea or alticola] (Grey or Brown-headed Apalis)

Grey or Brown-headed Apalis

Apalis [cinerea or alticola] (= Apalis cinerea) (Sharpe, RB 1891)

The grey apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cisticolidae
Genus:
   Apalis
Scientific:
  Apalis cinerea

Original description

Citation:
(Sharpe, RB 1891)

Reference:
Ibis

Protonym:
Euprinodes cinereus

Type locality:
Mt. Elgon.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16275586

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
42F5E0BE85C50D76

Avibase ID:
avibase-42F5E0BE

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/42F5E0BE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558682

Geographic range:

Apalis cinerea cinerea: southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, and northern Tanzania
Apalis cinerea funebris: montane forest of Nigeria and Cameroon
Apalis cinerea sclateri: Mount Cameroon; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
Apalis cinerea grandis: western Angola
Apalis alticola alticola: southwestern Kenya to Tanzania, northern Malawi, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Zambia
Apalis alticola dowsetti: southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Marungu Plateau)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grey or Brown-headed Apalis
French:
Apalis cendrée ou A. à tête brune

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey or Brown-headed Apalis ( Apalis [cinerea or alticola])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Grey Apalis ( Apalis cinerea) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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