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The Bar-throated apalis (Apalis thoracica) is a bird found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Forest edges and gardens in southern and eastern Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Bar-throated apalis lives

Forest edges and gardens in southern and eastern Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🍎 Fruit10%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Bar-throated apalis

Recorded by African Bioacoustics Community (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1083036. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Bar-throated apalis

Where does the Bar-throated apalis live?

The Bar-throated apalis lives in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Forest edges and gardens in southern and eastern Africa.

What does the Bar-throated apalis eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), fruit (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Bar-throated apalis endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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• Little bee-eater
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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.