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What the Brown-headed Apalis sounds like
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It is 12–13 cm long with a long tail and fairly long, slender bill. The legs and feet are pinkish and the eye is pale orange. The upperparts are grey-brown, becoming chocolate-brown on the crown and cheeks. The underparts are whitish. The adult male and female are alike; juvenile birds are more olive above and slightly yellowish below. In A. a. alticola, the outer tail-feathers have white tips and outer webs and the next three pairs of tail-feathers have small white tips. A. a. dowsetti has entirely white outer tail-feathers. The grey apalis is similar but has a grey-brown head and dark eye.
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When to see the Brown-headed 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 Brown-headed Apalis
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown-headed Apalis
The brown-headed apalis is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Apalis in the family Cisticolidae. Formerly included within the grey apalis but is now commonly considered to be a separate species. It has two subspecies: A. a. alticola and A. a. dowsetti.
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Easily confused with
Black-capped ApalisApalis nigricepsThe black-capped apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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.
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