Habitat
Primary forest, woodland, remnant forest patches and secondary regrowth, mainly edges and in the lower mid-stratum, occasionally in the canopy.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010).
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through clearing for small-holder agriculture is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
In pairs or small family parties of 4-6.
Food
Small invertebrates and occasionally berries and seeds.
Namuli Apalis (Apalis lynesi) [XC646282]
by id from Nansua, Gurue, Zambezia Province, Mozambique (duet)
Subspecies
Apalis thoracica (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica), Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis), Namuli Apalis (Apalis lynesi) and Yellow-throated Apalis (Apalis flavigularis) following Collar et al. (1994).
Until recently, this species, along with Yellow-throated Apalis (Apalis flavigularis) and Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis), was treated as conspecific with Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica). Molecular-genetic evidence suggests that such treatment is perhaps more appropriate.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica).