Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala) - HBW 11, p. 475
French: Apalis à tête noire
German: Schwarzkopf-Feinsänger
Spanish: Apalis Cabecinegro
Taxonomy: Burnesia melanocephala G. A. Fischer and Reichenow, 1884, Pangani, north-east Tanzania.
Forms a superspecies with A. chirindensis. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigrodorsalis Granvik, 1923 - C Kenya Highlands.
- melanocephala (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - S Somalia, coastal Kenya and NE Tanzania (including E Usambara Mts).
- moschi van Someren, 1931 - SE Kenya (Taita Hills) and Tanzanian highlands (S to Udzungwa Mts).
- nigrodorsalis Granvik, 1923 - C Kenya Highlands.
- melanocephala (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - S Somalia, coastal Kenya and NE Tanzania (including E Usambara Mts).
- moschi van Someren, 1931 - SE Kenya (Taita Hills) and Tanzanian highlands (S to Udzungwa Mts).
- muhuluensis C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1947 - SE Tanzania.
- tenebricosa Vincent, 1933 - N Mozambique (Njesi Plateau, Mt Namuli and Mt Chiperoni).
- adjacens Clancey, 1969 - E Malawi highlands (except Mulanje and Thyolo).
- fuliginosa Vincent, 1933 - Mt Mulanje and Mt Thyolo, in SE Malawi.
- lightoni Roberts, 1938 - C Mozambique and adjacent E Zimbabwe.
- addenda Clancey, 1968 - S Mozambique (S of R Save, including Bazaruto I).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult perched
Locality Amani, Tanzania (ssp melanocephala)
Nik Borrow 21 November 2007 2 years ago 3
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