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Bar-throated Apalis

Apalis thoracica

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 11 g
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 1
Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 2
Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 3
Photo: Henry de Lange · CC BY 4.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 4
Photo: Henry de Lange · CC BY 4.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 5
Photo: Apalis_thoracica_2.jpg: Brian Ralphs from Wheaton, IL, USA derivative work: Berichard (talk) · CC BY 2.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 6
Photo: Neil Strickland · CC BY 2.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 7
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 8
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 9
Photo: Diego Rubolini · CC BY 4.0
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), photo 10
Photo: Henry de Lange · CC BY 4.0

What the Bar-throated Apalis sounds like

Sonogram of the Bar-throated Apalis: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kileo Jumah · Call, song · Endoro cave trail,Karatu,NCA, Tanzania · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The bar-throated apalis is a slender bird with a long tail and is 11 to 13 cm in length. The plumage varies depending on the subspecies: the upper parts can be grey or green while the underparts are white or pale yellow. All forms have a narrow black band across the breast, white outer tail-feathers and a pale eye. The black bill is fairly long and slender and is slightly curved. Females are similar to males but have a narrower breast band. Juveniles have buffer underparts and may have an incomplete breast band.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Bar-throated Apalis

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bar-throated Apalis

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Zimbabwe Tanzania Eswatini Malawi Mozambique Zambia Botswana Kenya Lesotho

Recorded as a rare visitor in Namibia.

About the Bar-throated Apalis

The bar-throated apalis is a small African passerine bird belonging to the genus Apalis of the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the eastern and southern Afrotropics.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida) Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavidaThe yellow-breasted apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Rudd's Apalis (Apalis ruddi) Rudd's ApalisApalis ruddiRudd's apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Grey Apalis (Apalis cinerea) Grey ApalisApalis cinereaVoice: They sing both at night and during the day.

Side by side: Bar-throated Apalis vs Grey Apalis

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