Male © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography eBird S65190436 Macaulay Library ML 205986041
Female © Niall D Perrins
Male © Nick Athanas
Female © Haynes Miller

Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni

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Identification

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Attractive and boldly marked apalis. Shows a throat pattern of dark and white stripes. Males have a black mask and are more colorful overall. Their crown color varies geographically from gray to black. Females have mostly olive-green upperparts. Found primarily in montane forest, though locally in lower humid forest in West Africa. Pairs feed actively in the canopy and sometimes join mixed-species flocks. The song is a distinctive, ringing up-and-down series of “juu-jee” couplings. Separated from all similar species in its range by the yellow underparts.

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