Apalis personata
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The mountain masked apalis (Apalis personata), also known as the black-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. It was first described in 1902. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-faced Apalis sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 634 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 35th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-faced Apalis in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-faced Apalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Black-faced Apalis sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Apalis
The closest relatives of the Black-faced Apalis that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Apalis, Apalises) are Black-throated Apalis (about 40%), Gray Apalis (about 30%) and Chestnut-throated Apalis (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-faced Apalis is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (634 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
