Black-throated Apalis

SCI Name:  Apalis jacksoni
Protonym:  Apalis jacksoni Ibis p.119
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Apalis
Taxonomy Code:  bltapa1
Type Locality:  Mt. Elgon.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1891
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

APALIS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Bar-throated Apalis A. thoracica) Gr. ἁπαλος hapalos  soft, delicate (cf. Gotch 1981, erroneously suggested Apalis might be from an African name); "[plate 119] APALIS thoracica   ...   [text] APALIS thoracia [sic].  Gorget Warbler.   Family Sylviadæ.  Sub-fam: Sylvianæ.   Genus (?) Apalis.   GENERIC (?) CHARACTER.  General structue [sic] of Prinea, but the bill shorter, the plumage more compact, and the outer toe not connected to the middle as far as the first joint.   ...   Le Plastron Noir. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Af. 3 pl. 123. f. 1 male. 2 fem.  Motacilla thoracia [sic]. Nat. Miss [sic].  22. pl. 969.   THIS is one of the pretty warblers of Southern Africa, discovered by Le Vaillant: it is very common and widely distributed in the interior, but rare near the Cape.   ...   That this bird is of a tenuirostral type, is almost certain; seeing that it is an obvious representation of Motacilla, Pachycephala, Tamatia, Trichas, Charadrius, and many other collared groups: but whether it forms part of the genus Prinea, or represents the tenuirostral genus between that and Culicivora, is very uncertain. We suspect that this latter station is filled by the Taylor-Warblers of India, not one of which is to be found in our public Museums." (Swainson 1832); "Apalis Swainson, 1832, Zool. Illus., ser. 2, 3, p. 119, pl. 119. Type, by monotypy, Motacilla thoracica Shaw and Nodder." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 154). 
Var. Hapalis. 
Synon. Chlorodyta, Drymoterpe, Euprinodes.

jacksoni / jacksonii
● Sidney William Jackson (1873-1946) Australian oologist, taxidermist, collector and curator for H. L. White 1907-1927 (subsp. Atrichornis rufescens, syn. Eopsaltria chrysorrhos magnirostris, syn. Gerygone fusca).
● Sir Frederick John Jackson (1860-1929) English explorer, colonial administrator, Lt.-Gov. of East Africa Protectorate 1907-1911, Gov. of Uganda 1911-1917, naturalist, collector (subsp. Acrocephalus gracilirostris, Apalis, subsp. Aplopelia simplex, syn. Bathmocercus rufus vulpinus, subsp. Chlorophoneus bocagei, Cryptospiza, syn. Cuculus clamosus, Euplectes, syn. Illadopsis pyrrhoptera, syn. Mirafra poecilosterna, subsp. Nectarinia tacazze, subsp. Neotis denhami, subsp. Phoeniculus bollei, syn. Platysteira peltata mentalis, Ploceus, syn. Pogoniulus coryphaea hildamariae, subsp. Pogoniulus bilineatus, Pternistis, subsp. Sylvia lugens, subsp. Sylvietta whytii, Tockus, syn. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus versicolor, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).
● C. Jackson (fl. 1829) English naturalist, collector (syn. Larus argentatus).
● Alfred Sloan Jackson (1901-1994) US teacher, biologist, pioneer gamebird field-researcher in Texas (syn. Vireo plumbeus).

SUBSPECIES

Black-throated Apalis (bambuluensis)
SCI Name: Apalis jacksoni bambuluensis
bambuluensis
Lake Bambulue, south of Bamenda, British Cameroons / Cameroon.

Black-throated Apalis (minor)
SCI Name: Apalis jacksoni minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).

Black-throated Apalis (jacksoni)
SCI Name: Apalis jacksoni jacksoni
jacksoni / jacksonii
● Sidney William Jackson (1873-1946) Australian oologist, taxidermist, collector and curator for H. L. White 1907-1927 (subsp. Atrichornis rufescens, syn. Eopsaltria chrysorrhos magnirostris, syn. Gerygone fusca).
● Sir Frederick John Jackson (1860-1929) English explorer, colonial administrator, Lt.-Gov. of East Africa Protectorate 1907-1911, Gov. of Uganda 1911-1917, naturalist, collector (subsp. Acrocephalus gracilirostris, Apalis, subsp. Aplopelia simplex, syn. Bathmocercus rufus vulpinus, subsp. Chlorophoneus bocagei, Cryptospiza, syn. Cuculus clamosus, Euplectes, syn. Illadopsis pyrrhoptera, syn. Mirafra poecilosterna, subsp. Nectarinia tacazze, subsp. Neotis denhami, subsp. Phoeniculus bollei, syn. Platysteira peltata mentalis, Ploceus, syn. Pogoniulus coryphaea hildamariae, subsp. Pogoniulus bilineatus, Pternistis, subsp. Sylvia lugens, subsp. Sylvietta whytii, Tockus, syn. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus versicolor, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).
● C. Jackson (fl. 1829) English naturalist, collector (syn. Larus argentatus).
● Alfred Sloan Jackson (1901-1994) US teacher, biologist, pioneer gamebird field-researcher in Texas (syn. Vireo plumbeus).