Black-headed Apalis
Apalis melanocephala
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
- GenusApalis (Apalises)
- SpeciesApalis melanocephala (Black-headed Apalis)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
Brown-headed Apalis
Apalis alticola
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Gray Apalis
Apalis cinerea
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus
Gray-capped Warbler
Eminia lepida
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Hunter's Cisticola
Cisticola hunteri
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Cisticola brunnescens
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 6 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black-headed Apalis in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Black-headed Apalis sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-headed Apalis in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
January has the highest sighting rate for Black-headed Apalis in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.