Yellow-breasted apalis

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Yellow-breasted apalis
Yellow-breasted apalis, Apalis flavida.jpg
A. f. subsp. neglecta, male
Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida).jpg
A. f. subsp. neglecta, female

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. flavida
Binomial name
Apalis flavida
(Strickland, 1852)

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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.

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