Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea Scientific name definitions

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Mostly treated as a race of A. rufogularis since “tape playback experiments” evidently produced a response in the race eidos; nevertheless, differs in its white vs pale rufous throat in female (3); paler, greyer upperparts in both sexes (1); bill, on combined published evidence (1 Urban, E.K., Fry, C.H. and Keith, S. eds. (1997). The Birds of Africa. Vol. 5. Academic Press, London & San Diego, California. Close , 2 Mills, M.S.L., Msimanga, A., Reygel, A. and Louette, M. (2016). Kungwe Apalis Apalis [rufigularis] argentea: a summary. Bull. Afr. Bird Club 23(2): 176–184. Close ) and limited sampling in NHMUK, rather longer (allow 1); and substantial differences regarding song Ornithological Note  (3). Race eidos synonymized with nominate in some treatments (1 Urban, E.K., Fry, C.H. and Keith, S. eds. (1997). The Birds of Africa. Vol. 5. Academic Press, London & San Diego, California. Close , 3 Dickinson, E. C., and L. Christidis, Editors (2014). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Fourth Edition. Volume 2. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK. Close , 2 Mills, M.S.L., Msimanga, A., Reygel, A. and Louette, M. (2016). Kungwe Apalis Apalis [rufigularis] argentea: a summary. Bull. Afr. Bird Club 23(2): 176–184. Close ) but upperparts appear shaded greener in limited NHMUK material, so provisionally retained here. Two subspecies recognized.

ENDANGERED, although currently considered as a race of Apalis rufogularis by BirdLife International. Restricted-range species: present in Albertine Rift Mountains EBA. Global population crudely estimated to be in excess of 10,000 individuals, and decreasing. Apparently common at L Kivi (on Idjwi I), where there are no other apalises; local elsewhere. In Nyungwe Forest, in Rwanda, common only in NW, where 0·2–0·3 pairs/ha over an area of up to 300 km². Much of this species’ forest habitat has been cleared for agriculture and timber, but substantial numbers receive some protection in forest reserves.