Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala)

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.

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) [XC126766]
by Louis A. Hansen from Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Tanzania (call)

Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala) [XC520130]
by Lynette Rudman from Cheringoma, Sofala, Mozambique (song)

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:

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