#apalis

August 13, 2025 - Maasai Apalis (Apalis stronachi) Found in northern Tanzania and southwestern Kenya, these birds in the cisticola family live in shrublands, often near water. Foraging in pairs and small flocks, they are thought to eat mostly insects, though the details of their diet are not known. While little is known about their breeding behavior, pairs with fledged chicks were seen in Tanzania in July.

*Apalis à poitrine jaune (Apalis flavida)*, un petit passereau avec des parties supérieures jaune vif, des parties inférieures blanches et une couronne rouge distinctive et des taches d'ailes.

Apalis flavigularis by Nik Borrow

Château de Pregny, Geneva, of The Rothschild Family

April 7, 2024 - Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica) Found in parts of eastern and southern Africa, these birds in the cisticola family live in forests, woodlands, and thickets. They eat insects, their eggs and larvae, spiders, and some berries and seeds, picking prey from surfaces, sometimes while hovering, or catching it in flight. Females do most of the nest construction, building oval or round nests from rootlets, grass, lichen, moss, spiderwebs, and other materials in shrubs or other low vegetation. They incubate clutches of two to four eggs while males feed them. Both parents feed the chicks.