Apalis flavida
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 South Luangwa National Park on a given day, based on 71 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 257 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Apalis in South Luangwa National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February to November, the lowest months. That is one of South Luangwa National Park's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain against almost none in September.
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.
23rd of 40
Of the 40 parks where we can rate Yellow-breasted Apalis sightings, South Luangwa National Park ranks 23rd at about 10%. 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 South Luangwa National Park (family Cisticolidae, Cisticolas and Allies) are Green-backed Camaroptera (about 30%), Tawny-flanked Prinia (about 20%) and Rattling Cisticola (about 20%), 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 South Luangwa National Park (71 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.
