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Where to see the Bar-throated Apalis in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Bar-throated Apalis at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve and Gamkaberg Nature Reserve.

Apalis thoracica

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Bar-throated Apalis
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When and where to find the Bar-throated Apalis

Hosts have recorded the Bar-throated Apalis at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve and Gamkaberg Nature Reserve.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Goukamma · Anysberg · Gamkaberg

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe · Tsitsikamma · Addo Elephant

    Self-driveGuided drives
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

GoukammaAnysbergGamkabergRocherpanKruger

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Kwandwe

Species

Apalis thoracica

Records

1,694

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Bar-throated Apalis on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Bar-throated Apalis in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Bar-throated Apalis at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

Where can you see the Bar-throated Apalis in South Africa?

The Bar-throated Apalis is most recorded in Western Cape (56% of records), Eastern Cape (22% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (7% of records), based on 1,694 iNaturalist observations. 78 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Bar-throated Apalis on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Bar-throated Apalis?

The Bar-throated Apalis is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Anysberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Bar-throated Apalis?

The bar-throated apalis (Apalis thoracica) is a small African passerine bird belonging to the genus Apalis of the family Cisticolidae. It is native to the eastern and southern Afrotropics.

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Where to stay for a chance to see the Bar-throated Apalis

Every stay on the Bar-throated Apalis page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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