• Synonyms Blackheaded Apalis, Black headed Apalis, Black-headed Forest-Warbler
  • Old latin name for bird Burnesia melanocephala

Black-headed Apalisbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Martin St-Michel
    Tanzania
  • 2.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Malawi
  • 3.
    Song and call, © Peter Boesman
    Kenya
  • 4.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Malawi
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Black-headed Apalis

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion e

Black-headed Apalis subspecies (9)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Apalis melanocephala addendas Mozambique-No
Apalis melanocephala adjacense Malawi highlands-No
Apalis melanocephala fuliginosas Malawi-No
Apalis melanocephala lightonie Zimbabwe and c Mozambique-No
Apalis melanocephala melanocephalacoastal s Somalia to ne Tanzania-No
Apalis melanocephala moschise Kenya and e Tanzania-No
Apalis melanocephala muhuluensisse Tanzania-No
Apalis melanocephala nigrodorsalisc Kenya-No
Apalis melanocephala tenebricosan Mozambique-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSwartkopkleinjantjie
Catalanapalis capnegre
Chinese黑头娇莺
Chinese (Traditional)黑頭嬌鶯
Croatianbjelotrba prinija
Czechprinie černohlavá, Apalis cernohlavý
DanishSorthovedet Apalis
DutchTanzania-apalis
EsperantoNigrakapa apaliso
Finnishmustaselkäapali
FrenchApalis à tête noire, Apalis à calotte noire, Fauvette-forestière à tête noire, Apalis mélanocéphale
GermanSchwarzkopf-Feinsänger
ItalianApalis testanera, Apale testanera
Japaneseシロハラウスグロイロムシクイ, ズグロイロムシクイ
Lithuanianalyvnugaris apalis
Norwegiansvarthodeapalis
Norwegian NynorskSvarthovudapalis
Polishnikornik żałobny, nikornik zalobny
PortugueseApalis-de-cabeça-preta, apális-de-cabeça-preta, Apalis-de-cabeca-pretas
RussianЧерноголовый апалис
SerbianCrnoglavi apalis
Slovakpenička čiernohlavá
SpanishApalis de Cabeza Negra, Apalis cabecinegro
SwahiliKolokolo Kichwa-cheusi
Swedishsvarthuvad apalis
TurkishKara Başlı Apalis
Ukrainianнікорник чорноголовий