Brown-headed Apalis
Apalis alticola
Plain apalis with gray upperparts, dark brown on the head, and pale underparts. Found in middle and high-elevation forest. Usually in pairs or small groups which will join mixed-species flocks. Most often in the canopy. The main vocalization is a rough, repeated “chree” which can be accompanied by a rattling call. Very similar to Gray Apalis, but in limited overlap zone, separated by the browner head and by white spots on the tip of the tail rather than all-white outer tail.
识别特征
It is 12–13 cm long with a long tail and fairly long, slender bill. The legs and feet are pinkish and the eye is pale orange. The upperparts are grey-brown, becoming chocolate-brown on the crown and cheeks. The underparts are whitish. The adult male and female are alike; juvenile birds are more olive above and slightly yellowish below. In A. a. alticola, the outer tail-feathers have white tips and outer webs and the next three pairs of tail-feathers have small white tips. A. a. dowsetti has entirely white outer tail-feathers.<p>The grey apalis is similar but has a grey-brown head and dark eye. The outer tail-feathers are white like those of A. a. dowsetti but it does not overlap in range with that subspecies.<p>The song of the brown-headed apalis is a series of loud, high-pitched "chip" notes.
分类信息
- 学名
- Apalis alticola
- 命名信息
- (Shelley, 1899)
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Cisticolidae
- 属
- Apalis
分布与栖息地
It has a patchy distribution in central and east Africa. It inhabits forest and secondary growth at mid to high altitudes. It is often seen in pairs or small groups and frequently joins other bird species in mixed-species feeding flocks. A. a. alticola occurs in parts of Angola, Zambia, Malawi, south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and the Nguruman Escarpment in southern Kenya. In locations where its range overlaps with the grey apalis, it is restricted to the forest edge. A. a. dowsetti is found only on the Marungu plateau in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- stable
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