Black-collared apalis | |
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Illustration (lower bird) by J. G. Keulemans (1892) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Oreolais |
Species: | O. pulcher |
Binomial name | |
Oreolais pulcher (Sharpe, 1891) | |
Synonyms | |
Apalis pulchra |
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The black-collared apalis was formerly placed in the genus Apalis but was moved to the new genus Oreolais when Apalis was shown to be polyphyletic. [2] [3]
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