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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An individual foraging very actively and calling Locality Zomba Plateau, Southern Region, Malawi (ssp adjacens)
Greg Baker 17 October 2005 30 weeks ago 27 sec 4 -
An individual foraging through thick vegetation Locality Zomba Plateau, Southern Region, Malawi (ssp adjacens)
Greg Baker 18 October 2005 30 weeks ago 16 sec 3.8
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Perched on a branch
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke National Park , Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya
Tadeusz Rosinski 20 January 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
adult perched
Locality Amani, Tanzania (ssp melanocephala)
Nik Borrow 21 November 2007 3 years ago 3.5
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A bird calling while foraging. Locality Zomba Plateau, Southern Region, Malawi
(ssp adjacens)
Greg Baker 17 October 2005 19 weeks ago 4
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