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Mountain masked apalis

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Mountain masked apalis
A small green bird with a black face and a medium length bill holds on to a vertical plant stem, camouflaged between its green leaves, some of which are turning brown.
In Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. personata
Binomial name
Apalis personata
Sharpe, 1902

The mountain masked apalis (Apalis personata), also known as the black-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. It was first described in 1902.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Apalis personata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713746A94388679. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713746A94388679.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.