Black-capped Apalis

When to see the Black-capped Apalis

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-capped Apalis

The map shades 11 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.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Kenya.

About the Black-capped Apalis

The black-capped apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is sparsely distributed throughout the tropical rainforest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Easily confused with

Brown-headed ApalisApalis alticolaIt is 12–13 cm long with a long tail and fairly long, slender bill. Lowland Masked ApalisApalis binotataThe lowland masked apalis, also known as the masked apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Chirinda ApalisApalis chirindensisThe Chirinda apalis has the typical slender, long tailed shape of apalises, with a slender bill.