Kabobo apalis

Kabobo apalis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species: A. porphyrolaema
Subspecies: A. p. kaboboensis
Trinomial name
Apalis porphyrolaema kaboboensis
Prigogine, 1955
Synonyms
  • Apalis kaboboensis Prigogine, 1955

The Kabobo apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema kaboboensis) is a subspecies of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to the Itombwe Mountains in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Originally described as a distinct species, it is usually treated as a subspecies of the chestnut-throated apalis, with BirdLife International revising its status to subspecies in 2008.[1]

Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. Its status is insufficiently known; when it was still considered a good species, it was classified as data deficient by the IUCN with the remark that it might be considered a threatened taxon.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Apalis porphyrolaema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2012: e.T22730903A38710795. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Apalis kaboboensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 25 July 2007.


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