Apalis flavida
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
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 Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 768 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 371 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.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against about 40% in March–July, September and November–January, 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.
2nd of 40
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Yellow-breasted Apalis sightings, Nairobi National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Cisticolidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-breasted Apalis that you can see in Nairobi National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Winding Cisticola (about 50%), Green-backed Camaroptera (about 40%) and Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 40%), 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 Nairobi National Park (768 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.
