Chestnut-throated Apalis

Apalis porphyrolaema

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 8 g

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The chestnut-throated apalis is a 12 cm long apalis with mostly grey plumage. The nominate subspecies and the subspecies affinis both have chestnut throats, whereas the Kabobo apalis has an entirely grey throat but paler undersides.

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When to see the Chestnut-throated Apalis

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

Where to see the Chestnut-throated Apalis

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-throated Apalis

The chestnut-throated apalis is a species of bird in the cisticola family Cisticolidae. The Kabobo apalis, originally described as a distinct species, is usually treated as a subspecies A. p. kaboboensis of the chestnut-throated apalis today. It is itself sometimes considered to be the same species as the Chapin's apalis.

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Side by side: Chestnut-throated Apalis vs Grey Apalis

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