Yellow-breasted Apalis

Apalis flavida (Strickland, 1853)

Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies

Yellow-breasted Apalis, Apalis flavida, is a passerine in the Cisticolidae family and occurs widely across Africa. It is found in dry forest, moist lowland forest, dry savanna and moist savanna. The brown-tailed apalis was once treated as the same species, but the IOC recognised it separately in 2021. Described by Strickland in 1853, this bird is widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cisticolidae — Cisticolas & Allies
Breeding range
Africa: widespread
Yellow-breasted Apalis
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