---
title: "Yellow-breasted Apalis"
description: "Apalis flavida — Birds. The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-breasted-apalis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-breasted Apalis

> Apalis flavida — Birds. The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

- Scientific name: *Apalis flavida*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1353
- Wikidata: [Q2225511](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2225511)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7749)

## Names

- en: Yellow-breasted Apalis
- de: Gelbbauch-Feinsänger
- es: Apalis Pechigualdo
- fr: Apalis à gorge jaune
- nl: Geelborstapalis
- pl: Nikornik żółtopierśny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (653), KE (149), TZ (132), MW (69), ZM (47), ZW (35), UG (29), NA (24), MZ (23), BW (19), GM (14), RW (12)

## Summary

The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-breasted_apalis

## Photo

![Yellow-breasted Apalis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-breasted-apalis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francois Wessels · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171538814

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-breasted-apalis?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).