Oreolais Pulcher Bird

English Name:  Black-collared Apalis
Latin Name:  Oreolais pulcher
Protonym:  Apalis pulchra Ibis p.119
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Oreolais
Taxonomy Code:  blcapa2
Type Locality:  Mt. Elgon.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1891
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

OREOLAIS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Black-collared Apalis O. pulcher) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (i.e. Mt. Elgon, Kenya); Mod. L. lais  warbler  < Gr. ὑπολαις hupolais  small unidentified ground-nesting bird (cf. Gr. λαιος laios  thrush); “Oreolais, masc. gen. nov.  Type species: Apalis pulchra Sharpe, 1891.  ... Etymology: Lais can refer to singers, corresponding to these species, where male and female often sing together, albeit at different pitch and speed. The prefix oreo refers to montane habitats” (Nguembock et al. 2008).

pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

SUBSPECIES

Black-collared Apalis (pulcher)
Latin Name: Oreolais pulcher pulcher
pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

Black-collared Apalis (murphyi)
Latin Name: Oreolais pulcher murphyi
murphyi
● Dr Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) US ornithologist (syn. Halobaena caerulea, subsp. Pelecanus occidentalis, syn. Phoebetria palpebrata, subsp. Procelsterna cerulea, Progne, Zosterops).
● Charles Barney Gould Murphy (1906-1977) US philanthropist, explorer in the Congo 1928-1929 (subsp. Oreolais pulcher).