Kabobo Apalis

Taxobox
name = Kabobo Apalis


status = NR
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Cisticolidae
genus = "Apalis"
species = "A. porphyrolaema"
subspecies = "A. p. kaboboensis"
trinomial = "Apalis porphyrolaema kaboboensis"
trinomial_authority = Prigogine, 1955
synonyms = "Apalis kaboboensis" Prigogine, 1955

The Kabobo Apalis ("Apalis porphyrolaema kaboboensis") is a bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Originally described as a distinct species, it is usually treated as a subspecies of the Chestnut-throated Apalis today; e.g. BirdLife International revised its status to subspecies in 2008 [BLI (2008a,b)] .

Its natural habitat is subtropical or 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 [BLI (2004)] .

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References

*|year=2004|id=1812|title=Apalis kaboboensis|downloaded=25 July 2007
* (2008a) [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7414&m=0 Kabobo Apalis Species Factsheet] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
* (2008b): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.