Fine singer
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Mountain warbler ( Apalis porphyrolaema ) |
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The fine singers ( Apalis ) are a genus of small songbirds from the family of the stalksinger-like . Their habitat is forests and bushland in sub- Saharan Africa . The fine singers are slim in stature. The tail is long and the beak thin. At the top they are colored brown, gray or green. Some species have a brightly colored underside. Males and females usually look the same, but the males are sometimes lighter in color. The food of the singers consists mainly of insects.
The fine singers were previously classified into the warbler family . Today they place modern systematics in the family of the stalk singer-like. There are about 27 types. Two species of stalk warbler, the red-capped warbler and the long-beaked warbler , which were previously assigned to the fine singers , now belong either to the genus Artisornis or the genus of tailor birds ( Orthotomus ).
Systematics
The following types are known:
- Fine warbler ( Apalis pulchra )
- Ruwenzorifeinsänger ( Apalis ruwenzori )
- Collared warbler ( Apalis thoracica )
- Taita warbler ( Apalis fuscigularis )
- Namuli warbler ( Apalis lynesi )
- Yellow-throated warbler ( Apalis flavigularis )
- Cap warbler ( Apalis nigriceps )
- Black-throated warbler ( Apalis jacksoni )
- Mirror warbler ( Apalis chariessa )
- Masked singer ( Apalis binotata )
- Kivufein singer ( Apalis personata )
- Yellow-bellied warbler ( Apalis flavida )
- Yellow-breasted warbler ( Apalis viridiceps )
- Lichen warbler ( Apalis ruddi )
- Short-tailed warbler ( Apalis sharpii )
- White-bellied warbler ( Apalis rufogularis )
- Kungwe singers ( Apalis argentea )
- Bamendafeiner ( Apalis bamendae )
- Gosling warbler ( Apalis goslingi )
- Mountain warbler ( Apalis porphyrolaema )
- Kabobo singer ( Apalis kaboboensis )
- Chapin singers ( Apalis chapini )
- Black-headed warbler ( Apalis melanocephala )
- Chirinda warbler ( Apalis chirindensis )
- Gray-backed warbler ( Apalis cinerea )
- Brown-headed warbler ( Apalis alticola )
- Karamoja singers ( Apalis karamojae )
literature
- Peter Ryan: Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). Pp. 378-492 in Del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie DA (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4
