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Sharpe's Apalis
Apalis sharpii Shelley, 1884
Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies
Sharpe's Apalis, Apalis sharpii, is a passerine in the Cisticolidae family, breeding in Africa from Guinea and Sierra Leone east to Togo and Benin. It lives in dry forest and moist lowland forest within the tropical and subtropical zone. The species was described by Shelley in 1884, who also gave it its scientific name. Its English and scientific names both commemorate Richard Bowdler Sharpe, the English ornithologist and museum curator.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Togo and Benin
