Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae (Cisticolas & Allies)  
Genus: Apalis (25 species)


Brown-headed Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis (Apalis alticola)
Range: AF: c
Mutanda, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Kungwe Apalis (Apalis argentea)
Range: AF: w Tanzania, e DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
 



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Bamenda Apalis (Apalis bamendae)
Range: AF: Cameroon
 



Lowland Masked Apalis
Lowland Masked Apalis (Apalis binotata) Male
Range: AF: s Cameroon, c Gabon, nw Angola, ne DR Congo, nw Tanzania and Uganda
Kibale National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Lowland Masked Apalis
Lowland Masked Apalis (Apalis binotata) Female
Range: AF: s Cameroon, c Gabon, nw Angola, ne DR Congo, nw Tanzania and Uganda
Kibale National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Chapin's Apalis
Chapin's Apalis (Apalis chapini strausae)
Range: AF: ec
Luwawa, Malawi  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info


White-winged Apalis
White-winged Apalis (Apalis chariessa) Near Threatened
Range: AF: e
Zomba Plateau, Malawi  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

White-winged Apalis
White-winged Apalis (Apalis chariessa macphersoni) Female Near Threatened
Range: AF: e
Zomba Plateau, Malawi  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Chirinda Apalis
Chirinda Apalis (Apalis chirindensis) Vulnerable
Range: AF: se
Vumba Mountains, Zimbabwe  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Grey Apalis
Grey Apalis (Apalis cinerea cinerea)
Range: AF: c, e
Castle Forest Lodge, Kimunye Kirinyaga District, Kerugoya, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-breasted Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida neglecta)
Range: AF: widespread
Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-throated Apalis
Yellow-throated Apalis (Apalis flavigularis) Endangered
Range: AF: Malawi
Zomba Plateau, Malawi  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Brown-tailed Apalis (Apalis flavocincta)
Range: AF: ne
 



Taita Apalis
Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis) Critically Endangered
Range: AF: Kenya
Taita Hills, Vuria, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info


Gosling's Apalis
Gosling's Apalis (Apalis goslingi)
Range: AF: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to ne, e DR Congo
BĂ©linga Road, Gabon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-throated Apalis
Black-throated Apalis (Apalis jacksoni)
Range: AF: c, e
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


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Kabobo Apalis (Apalis kaboboensis) Vulnerable
Range: AF :DR Congo:
 



Karamoja Apalis
Karamoja Apalis (Apalis karamojae karamojae) Vulnerable
Range: AF: e
Lake Opeta, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Namuli Apalis (Apalis lynesi) Endangered
Range: AF: Mozambique
 


Split from the Bar-throated Apalis and only found around Mount Namuli in Mozambique.

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Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala)
Range: AF: e
 



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Black-capped Apalis (Apalis nigriceps)
Range: AF: c, w
 



Mountain Masked Apalis
Mountain Masked Apalis (Apalis personata personata)
Range: AF: ec
Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda  
 
Photograph by Lip Kee Yap     Copyright and usage info


Chestnut-throated Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis (Apalis porphyrolaema)
Range: AF: e DR Congo, Uganda, sw Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and n Tanzania
Bwindi National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Rudd's Apalis
Rudd's Apalis (Apalis ruddi)
Range: AF: se
Ndumo Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Buff-throated Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis nigrescens)
Range: AF: w, c
Hillwood Farm, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Buff-throated Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis rufogularis) Male
Range: AF: w, c
Obala, Cameroon
  The 'rufogularis' race has a black throat.
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Sharpe's Apalis
Sharpe's Apalis (Apalis sharpii) Near Threatened
Range: AF: Guinea and Sierra Leone to Togo and Benin
Kakum Canopy Walkway, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Bar-throated Apalis
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica)
Range: AF: s
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female similar. Subspecies vary in chest and belly color (from white to yellow) as well as back and head color (from grey to olive).


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