Apalis cinerea
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The grey apalis (Apalis cinerea) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forest and tropical moist montane forest.
They sing both at night and during the day. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Apalis sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 237 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 252 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Apalis in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March to June, the lowest months. Those are among Nyungwe National Park's wettest months, with about 470 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray 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 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Gray Apalis sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%) and Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 20%).
Same genus: Apalis
The closest relatives of the Gray Apalis that you can see in Nyungwe National Park (genus Apalis, Apalises) are Black-faced Apalis (about 50%), Chestnut-throated Apalis (about 30%) and Black-throated Apalis (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray Apalis is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (237 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.
