Brown-tailed apalis

The brown-tailed apalis (Apalis flavocincta) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Brown-tailed apalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. flavocincta
Binomial name
Apalis flavocincta
(Sharpe, 1882)

Taxonomy

The brown-tailed apalis was formally split from the yellow-breasted apalis as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]

Range

It is found in Ethiopia and Sudan, and Uganda to Somalia and Kenya.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, and moist savanna.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Apalis flavocincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.


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