The Namuli apalis (Apalis thoracica lynesi) is a small African passerine bird belonging to the genus Apalis in the family Cisticolidae. Many taxonomista consider it a subspecies of the bar-throated apalis.It is the only bird species endemic to Mozambique and is found only in the Mount Namuli massif in the north of the country where it was first discovered in 1932 by the English-born ornithologist Jack Vincent. There were no more records until an expedition rediscovered it in 1998.