Yellow-breasted apalis
Yellow-breasted apalis | |
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A. f. subsp. neglecta, male | |
A. f. subsp. neglecta, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Apalis |
Species: | A. flavida
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Binomial name | |
Apalis flavida (Strickland, 1852)
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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.[2]
Range[]
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, 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.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Apalis flavida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103772612A94388867. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103772612A94388867.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apalis flavida. |
- Yellow-breasted apalis - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Apalis
- Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Birds described in 1852
- Cisticolidae stubs