Apalis

Belongs within: Cisticolidae.

Apalis is an African genus of slender songbirds with long tails and strong feet.

<==Apalis Swainson 1833 [Apalinae]B94
    |--A. thoracicaJT12
    |    |--A. t. thoracicaAE06
    |    `--A. t. griseicepsAE06
    `--+--A. jacksoniJT12
       `--+--+--A. binotataJT12
          |  `--A. flavidaJT12
          |       |--A. f. flavidaAE06
          |       `--A. f. canicepsAE06
          `--+--+--A. melanocephalaJT12
             |  `--A. porphyrolaemaJT12
             `--+--A. rufogularisJT12
                `--+--A. alticolaJT12
                   `--A. cinereaJT12

Apalis incertae sedis:
  A. argenteaJT12
  A. bamendaeJT12
  A. chapiniJT12
  A. chariessaJT12
  A. chirindensisJT12
  A. flavigularisJT12
  A. fuscigularisJT12
  A. goslingiAP21
  A. kaboboensisAP21
  A. karamojaeJT12
  A. lynesiJT12
  A. nigricepsJT12
  A. personataJT12
  A. ruddiAP21
  A. sharpiiJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AE06] Alström, P., P. G. P. Ericson, U. Olsson & P. Sundberg. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 381–397.

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.