Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala)
About the Black-headed Apalis
The black-headed apalis (Apalis melanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Black-headed apalis - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 152 recordings for this species: 89 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracicarecording
- Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksonirecording
- Brown-headed ApalisApalis alticolarecording
- Karamoja ApalisApalis karamojaerecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.