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Brown-headed Apalis (alticola)
Apalis alticola alticola (Shelley, GE 1899)
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Cisticolidae
Genus:
Apalis
Scientific:
Apalis alticola alticola
Original description
Citation:
(Shelley, GE 1899)
Reference:
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club
8 p.35
Protonym:
Cisticola alticola
Type locality:
Nyasaland = Fife, fide Shelley, 1899 (July), Ibis, pp. 365, 373 = Isoka, Zambia.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101092#page/555/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
1318051E7FB9A52A
Avibase ID:
avibase-1318051E
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1318051E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 923841
Geographic range:
- Apalis alticola alticola: northwestern Tanzania, northern Malawi, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Zambia
Source: Clements checklist
Brown-headed Apalis (alticola)
French:
Apalis à tête brune (alticola)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown-headed Apalis (alticola) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown-headed Apalis (alticola) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown-headed Apalis (alticola) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Brown-headed Apalis (alticola) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown-headed Apalis (nominate) ( Apalis alticola alticola) |
| Avilist 2025: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Apalis cinerea alticola [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Apalis cinerea alticola [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apalis alticola alticola [version 1] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Braunkopf-Feinsänger
English: Brown-headed Apalis, Brown-headed Apalis (alticola), Brown-headed Apalis (nominate)
Spanish: apalis de Cabeza Castaña
French: Apalis à tête brune, Apalis à tête brune (alticola), Apalis à tête brune (nominal), Apalis à tête brune (nominale), Apalis à tête brune (race nominale), Apalis à tête brune méridionale
Italian: Apale testabruna
Scientific: Apalis alticola, Apalis alticola alticola, Apalis alticola brunneiceps, Apalis cinerea alticola, Burnesia brunneiceps, Cisticola alticola
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