Black-collared Apalis

Black-collared Apalis / Oreolais pulcher

Black-collared Apalis

Here the details of the Black-collared Apalis named bird below:

SCI Name:  Oreolais pulcher
Protonym:  Apalis pulchra Ibis p.119
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae /
Taxonomy Code:  blcapa2
Type Locality:  Mt. Elgon.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1891
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

OREOLAIS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Black-collared Apalis O. pulcher) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (i.e. Mt. Elgon, Kenya); Mod. L. lais  warbler  < Gr. ὑπολαις hupolais  small unidentified ground-nesting bird (cf. Gr. λαιος laios  thrush); “Oreolais, masc. gen. nov.  Type species: Apalis pulchra Sharpe, 1891.  ... Etymology: Lais can refer to singers, corresponding to these species, where male and female often sing together, albeit at different pitch and speed. The prefix oreo refers to montane habitats” (Nguembock et al. 2008).

pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

SUBSPECIES

Black-collared Apalis (pulcher)
SCI Name: Oreolais pulcher pulcher
pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

Black-collared Apalis (murphyi)
SCI Name: Oreolais pulcher murphyi
murphyi
● Dr Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) US ornithologist (syn. Halobaena caerulea, subsp. Pelecanus occidentalis, syn. Phoebetria palpebrata, subsp. Procelsterna ceruleaProgne, Zosterops).
● Charles Barney Gould Murphy (1906-1977) US philanthropist, explorer in the Congo 1928-1929 (subsp. Oreolais pulcher).