Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Australia         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 29/03/2024 09:10:21 PM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 LC    Black-headed Apalis* Id (Atlas):
    Apalis melanocephala

Description (10)
Image of Black-headed Apalis
 

Family
Cisticolidae (Cisticolas And Allies)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.

Range (Guide)
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (59)...)

 
Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala) [XC516574]
     by Michael Hurben from Funo camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp, Tanzania (call)

 
Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala) [XC456783]
     by Frank Lambert from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chirinda Apalis (Apalis chirindensis).

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

  • nigrodorsalis Granvik, 1923   -  Central Kenya Highlands.
  • melanocephala (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)   -  Southern Somalia, coastal Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania (including eastern Usambara Mts).
  • moschi van Someren, 1931   -  South-eastern Kenya (Taita Hills) and Tanzanian highlands (south to Udzun­gwa Mts).
  • muhuluensis Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1947   -  South-eastern Tanzania.
  • tenebricosa Vincent, 1933   -  Northern Mozambique (Njesi Plateau, Mt Namuli and Mt Chiperoni).
  • adjacens Clancey, 1969   -  Eastern Malawi highlands (except Mulanje and Thyolo).
  • fuliginosa Vincent, 1933   -  Mt Mulanje and Mt Thyolo, in south-eastern Malawi.
  • lightoni Roberts, 1938   -  Central Mozambique and adjacent eastern Zimbabwe.
  • addenda Clancey, 1968   -  Southern Mozambique (south of R Save, including Bazaruto I).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Black-headed Apalis see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the Black-headed Apalis

If you would like to read any articles about the Black-headed Apalis... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of Black-headed Apalis

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Black-headed Apalis or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (4)


No Videos of Black-headed Apalis

If Birdpedia has no videos of Black-headed Apalis or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)