Sharpe's apalis

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Sharpe's apalis
In Ghana

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. sharpii
Binomial name
Apalis sharpii
Shelley, 1884

Sharpe's apalis (Apalis sharpii) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in

Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
. Its natural
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
.

Sharpe's apalis was described by the English ornithologist

binomial name Apalis sharpii. Both the common name and the specific epithet honour the English ornithologist and museum curator Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Apalis sharpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22713766A210890093. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ Shelley, George Ernest (1884). "On two new species of birds from Africa". Ibis. 5th series. 2: 45–49 [45].