Black-headed Apalis

Apalis melanocephala - Apalis à tête noire

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Cisticolidés
Genus
:
Apalis
Species
:
melanocephala

Descriptor

Fischer, GA Reichenow, 1884

Biometrics

Size
: 14 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 8 à 10 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.

Subspecific information 9 subspecies

Apalis melanocephala melanocephala (coastal s Somalia to ne Tanzania)
Apalis melanocephala nigrodorsalis (c Kenya)
Apalis melanocephala moschi (se Kenya and e Tanzania)
Apalis melanocephala muhuluensis (se Tanzania)
Apalis melanocephala lightoni (e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique)
Apalis melanocephala fuliginosa (s Malawi)
Apalis melanocephala tenebricosa (n Mozambique)
Apalis melanocephala adjacens (e Malawi highlands)
Apalis melanocephala addenda (s Mozambique)

Foreign names

Apalis à tête noire,
Apalis cabecinegro,
apális-de-cabeça-preta,
Schwarzkopf-Feinsänger,
Tanzania-apalis,
Apalis testanera,
svarthuvad apalis,
Svarthodeapalis,
penička čiernohlavá,
prinie černohlavá,
Sorthovedet Apalis,
mustaselkäapali,
Swartkopkleinjantjie,
apalis capnegre,
nikornik żałobny,
Черноголовый апалис,
ズグロイロムシクイ,
黑头娇莺,
svarthuvad apalis,
黑頭嬌鶯,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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