Sharpe's apalis (Apalis sharpii) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
| Sharpe's apalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Apalis |
| Species: | A. sharpii
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| Binomial name | |
| Apalis sharpii Shelley, 1884
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It is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Sharpe's apalis was described by the English ornithologist George Ernest Shelley in 1884. He coined the binomial name Apalis sharpii. Both the common name and the specific epithet honour the English ornithologist and museum curator Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Apalis sharpii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22713766A210890093. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Shelley, George Ernest (1884). "On two new species of birds from Africa". Ibis. 5th series. 2: 45–49 [45].
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