Apalis flavida
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 691 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 351 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against about 30% in February–April, June, September and November, the lowest months.
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.
3rd of 40
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Yellow-breasted Apalis sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%) and Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-breasted Apalis is recorded against all the birds logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (691 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.
