Black-capped apalis

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Black-capped apalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. nigriceps
Binomial name
Apalis nigriceps
(Shelley, 1873)

The black-capped apalis (Apalis nigriceps) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is sparsely distributed throughout the tropical rainforest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Apalis nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22713729A118721772. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22713729A118721772.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.