Brown-tailed apalis

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2024 |title=Apalis flavocincta |page=e.T103772661A264173501 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T103772661A264173501.en}}

| genus = Apalis

| species = flavocincta

| authority = (Sharpe, 1882)

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The brown-tailed apalis (Apalis flavocincta) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Taxonomy

The brown-tailed apalis was formally split from the yellow-breasted apalis as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Species Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/|access-date=2021-06-13|language=en-US}}

Range

It is found in Ethiopia and Sudan, and Uganda to Somalia and Kenya.

Habitat

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