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Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis
Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps] (= Apalis flavida) (Strickland, HE 1853)
The yellow-breasted apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Cisticolidae
Genus:
Apalis
Scientific:
Apalis flavida
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Cisticolidae
Genus:
Apalis
Scientific:
Apalis flavida
Original description
Citation:
(Strickland, HE 1853)
Reference:
Contrib. Orn. [Jardine]
no.7 p.148
Protonym:
Drymoeca flavida
Type locality:
Damaraland, South West Africa; ? error: Ngamiland, Bechuanaland, suggested by Lawson, 1961, Durban Mus. Novit., 6, p. 122.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209972#page/198/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E70F97475AE852B9
Avibase ID:
avibase-E70F9747
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E70F9747
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558683
Geographic range:
- Apalis flavida: lowland to montane mesic forest, acacia savanna, riparian thicket, and mangroves, from Senegambia eastward to Ethiopia and Somalia, and widespread southward (avoiding rainforest) to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, and southern South Africa
- Apalis flavida flavida: western Angola to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, and southwestern Zambia
- Apalis flavida abyssinica: highlands of southwestern Ethiopia
- Apalis flavida pugnax: highlands of southern Kenya
- Apalis flavida golzi: southeastern Kenya (Taita Hills) to interior Tanzania and Rwanda
- Apalis flavida neglecta: eastern Angola to southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and northern KwaZulu-Natal
- Apalis flavida florisuga: central KwaZulu-Natal to South Africa
- Apalis flavida flavocincta: southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, northeastern Uganda, Kenya, and far northeastern Tanzania
- Apalis flavida caniceps: Gambia to northern Angola and western Kenya
- Apalis flavida viridiceps: northern Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia, and northern Kenya
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Source: Clements checklist
Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis
French:
Apalis à gorge jaune, A. à tête grise ou A. à queue brune
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis ( Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps]) |
| Avilist 2025: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Apalis à gorge jaune ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2015: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2016: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2017: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2018: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2019: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2021: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2022: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2023: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2024: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2025: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 3] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Yellow-chested Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Yellow-chested Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Yellow-breasted Apalis ( Apalis flavida) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Apalis flavida [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Apalis flavida [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Apalis flavida [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apalis flavida [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Geelborskleinjantjie
Bulgarian: Жълтогръд апалис
Catalan: apalis pitgroc
Czech: Apalis žlutoprsý, prinie žlutoprsá
Danish: Gulbrystet Apalis
German: Gelbbauch-Feinsänger, Gelbbrust-Feinsänger
English: Yellowbreasted Apalis, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Yellow-breasted, Brown-tailed or Green-tailed Apalis, Yellow-chested Apalis
English (Avilist): Yellow-breasted Apalis
English, HBW: Yellow-breasted/Brown-tailed Apalis
English (IOC): Yellow-breasted Apalis, Yellow-breasted/Brown-tailed Apalis
English (Kenya): Yellow-breasted Apalis
English (United States): Yellow-breasted Apalis
Esperanto: Flavbrusta apaliso
Spanish: Apalis de Pecho Amarillo, Apalis Pechigualdo
Spanish (Spain): Apalis Pechigualdo
Spanish (HBW): Yellow-breasted Apalis
Finnish: Keltarintaapali, keltarinta-apali
French: Apalis à gorge jaune, Apalis à gorge jaune ou A. à queue brune, Apalis à gorge jaune, A. à tête grise ou A. à queue brune
French (Guyane): Apalis à gorge jaune
Croatian: žutoprsa prinija
Hungarian: fehértorkú liánposzáta
Italian: Apale pettogiallo, Apalis pettogiallo
Japanese (romaji): kimuneiromushikui, shironodokimuneiromushikui
Japanese: キムネイロムシクイ, シロノドキムネイロムシクイ
Scientific: Apalis [flavida or viridiceps], Apalis [flavida, caniceps or viridiceps], Apalis flavida, Apalis flavida flavida, Drymoeca flavida
Lithuanian: Geltonkrūtis apalis
Dutch: Geelborstapalis
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gulbrystapalis
Norwegian: Gulbrystapalis
Polish: nikornik zóltopiersny, nikornik żółtopierśny
Portuguese: Apalis de peito amarelo, Apalis-de-peito-amarelo
Portuguese (Angola): Apalis-de-peito-amarelo
Portuguese (Portugal): apalis-de-peito-amarelo
Russian: Желтогрудый апалис
Slovak: penička žltoprsá
Serbian: Žutogrudi apalis
Swedish: Gulbröstad apalis
Swahili: Kolokolo Kidari-njano
Turkish: Sarı göğüslü apalis
Tsonga: N'walanga
Ukrainian: Нікорник жовтоволий
Chinese: 黄胸娇莺
Chinese (Traditional): 黃胸嬌鶯
Zulu: umankolophuzi
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