Apalis personata

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Cisticolidae/Apalis

At a glance

Occurrence records4 318

Data sources6

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Apalis personata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 318 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 318 records

01Narrative

The mountain masked apalis (Apalis personata), also known as the black-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. It was first described in 1902.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth2.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)13.7 mm

Beak length (nares)7.2 mm

Beak width2.8 mm

Body mass9.43 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 9.43 g · AVONET: 11 g · EltonTraits: 11 g

Body mass (female)9.7 g

Body mass (male)9.6 g

Hand-wing index7.9

Kipp's distance4.2 mm

Secondary length47.9 mm

Tail length41.8 mm

Tarsus length18.5 mm

Wing length52.1 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1 g

Litter size1.45

Diet & foraging5

Invertebrate100 %

Midhigh80 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size105 592 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 318 records

Wild obs. + sensor4 148

Museum / vouchered170

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 500 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 87≤1 km 18≤10 km 6

111 georeferenced · 4 037 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor4 148

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy30% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 8>10 km 21

30 georeferenced · 140 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence170

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
MRAClocation not on record	140
Brussels, BE	20
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	10

3 institutions · 170 of 170 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging5

Habitat & environment4

Record type4 318 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Record type4 318 records