Yellow-breasted apalis
| Yellow-breasted apalis | |
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| A. f. subsp. neglecta, male | |
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| A. f. subsp. neglecta, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Apalis |
| Species: | A. flavida
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| Binomial name | |
| Apalis flavida (Strickland, 1853)
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The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
Taxonomy[edit]
The brown-tailed apalis (A. flavocincta) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]
Range[edit]
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[edit]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and moist savanna.
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Yellow-breasted apalis - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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