Apalis personata
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The mountain masked apalis (Apalis personata), also known as the black-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. It was first described in 1902. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-faced Apalis sighting in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, based on 112 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-faced Apalis in Volcanoes National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–April and October–December, the lowest months. Those are among Volcanoes National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-faced Apalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Black-faced Apalis sightings, Volcanoes National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 50%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-faced Apalis is recorded against all the birds logged in Volcanoes National Park (112 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.
