Apalis flavida
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In 3 days ~70% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis sighting in Lower Zambezi National Park on a given day, based on 111 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 241 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.
June and August
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis in Lower Zambezi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January, the lowest month. Those are among Lower Zambezi National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 290 mm in January. February and March have 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.
6th of 40
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Yellow-breasted Apalis sightings, Lower Zambezi National Park ranks 6th at about 30%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%), Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 40%) and iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-breasted Apalis that you can see in Lower Zambezi National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Green-backed Camaroptera (about 40%), Rattling Cisticola (about 20%) and Tawny-flanked Prinia (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 Lower Zambezi National Park (111 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.
