Brown-tailed apalis

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Brown-tailed apalis

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. flavocincta
Binomial name
Apalis flavocincta
(Sharpe, 1882)

The brown-tailed apalis (Apalis flavocincta) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Taxonomy[]

The brown-tailed apalis was formerly was split from the yellow-breasted apalis as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]

Range[]

It is found in Ethiopia and Sudan, and Uganda to Somalia and Kenya.

Habitat[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Apalis flavocincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.


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