Yellow-throated apalis

Yellow-throated apalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species: A. thoracica
Trinomial name
Apalis thoracica flavigularis
Shelley, 1893
     approximate range: the montane forest-grassland mosaic of southern Malawi
Synonyms
  • Apalis fascicularis Shelley, 1893 [orth. error]
  • Apalis flavigularis

The yellow-throated apalis (Apalis thoracica flavigularis) is a bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is endemic to Malawi. Most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the bar-throated apalis.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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