Black-collared apalis

Black-collared apalis
Illustration (lower bird)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species: A. pulchra
Binomial name
Apalis pulchra
(Sharpe, 1891)
Synonyms

Oreolais pulchra (sic)
Oreolais pulcher

specimen at Nairobi National Museum

The black-collared apalis (Apalis pulchra) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. Nguembock et al. (2008) moved species to a new genus, Oreolais, however most taxonomists continue with placement in Apalis. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Uganda.

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