Yellow-breasted apalis explained

The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Taxonomy

The brown-tailed apalis (A. flavocincta) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.^[1]

Range

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and moist savanna.

External links

• Image at ADW
• Yellow-breasted apalis - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Updates – IOC World Bird List. 2021-06-13. en-US.