Grey apalis

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = ApalisCinereaLodge.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration by G. E. Lodge (1901)

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Apalis cinerea |volume=2017 |page=e.T22730909A118722446 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22730909A118722446.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Apalis

| species = cinerea

| authority = (Sharpe, 1891)

| synonyms =

}}

The grey apalis (Apalis cinerea) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forest and tropical moist montane forest.

Vocalizations

They sing both at night and during the day.{{Cite journal |last=Budka |first=Michał |last2=Skierczyńska |first2=Anna |last3=Antczak |first3=Marcin |last4=Osiejuk |first4=Tomasz S. |date=2021-01-12 |title=Nocturnal singing by diurnal birds in Afrotropical highlands |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01842-0 |journal=Journal of Ornithology |volume=162 |issue=2 |pages=435–445 |doi=10.1007/s10336-020-01842-0 |issn=2193-7192|doi-access=free }}

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