Apalis flavida
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The brown-tailed apalis (A. flavocincta) was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.
It is widespread across Sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and moist savanna. Image at ADW Yellow-breasted apalis - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 7 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis sighting in Lilongwe on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 52 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, July and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis in Lilongwe on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–June, August–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Lilongwe's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against almost none in June. October has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-breasted Apalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Yellow-breasted Apalis sightings, Lilongwe ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kigali (Rwanda, about 20%), Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 20%) and Nairobi (Kenya, about 20%).
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-breasted Apalis that you can see in Lilongwe (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 10%), Green-backed Camaroptera (about 10%) and Singing Cisticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-breasted Apalis is recorded against all the birds logged in Lilongwe (6 verified sightings), 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.
