Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Apalis Scientific name Apalis kaboboensis Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Family Cisticolidae Subspecies A. p. kaboboensis Higher classification Apalis | |
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Similar Chestnut‑throated apalis, Grey apalis, Namuli apalis, Yellow‑throated apalis, Chirinda apalis | ||
The Kabobo apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema kaboboensis) is a subspecies of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to the Itombwe Mountains in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Originally described as a distinct species, it is usually treated as a subspecies of the chestnut-throated apalis, with BirdLife International revising its status to subspecies in 2008.
Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. Its status is insufficiently known; when it was still considered a good species, it was classified as data deficient by the IUCN with the remark that it might be considered a threatened taxon.
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