Apalis lynesi Vincent, 1933
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Namuli apalis (Apalis lynesi) is a small African passerine bird belonging to the genus Apalis in the family Cisticolidae. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the bar-throated apalis. It is the only bird species endemic to Mozambique and is found only in the Mount Namuli massif in the north of the country where it was first discovered in 1932 by the English-born ornithologist Jack Vincent. There were no more records until an expedition rediscovered it in 1998. The bird is now known to be common in forest, forest edge and woodland patches above 1200 m. Logging of the forest is a potential threat but it appears to survive well in degraded and fragmented habitat. It has a grey crown and nape and black throat and breast. The rest of the underparts are yellow and the upperparts are green. The outer tail-feathers are white. The bird is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long. The male and female have different calls and duet with the female responding to the male's call.
Wikipedia contributors, Namuli apalis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:49:52.942771+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Apalis lynesi Vincent, 1933
- Name authority
- Vincent, 1933
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Apalis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCisticolidae Sundevall, 1872
- genusApalis Swainson, 1833
- speciesApalis lynesi Vincent, 1933
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Apalis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Black-headed ApalisApalis melanocephala (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bamenda ApalisApalis bamendae Bannerman, 1922 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chapin's ApalisApalis chapini Friedmann, 1928 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chirinda ApalisApalis chirindensis Shelley, 1906 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey ApalisApalis cinerea (Sharpe, 1891) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida (Strickland, 1853) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apalis fuscigularis Moreau, 1938 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kabobo ApalisApalis kaboboensis Prigogine, 1955 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karamoja ApalisApalis karamojae (Someren, 1921) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps (Shelley, 1873) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Masked ApalisApalis personata Sharpe, 1902 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916609 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:F6MT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.