Black-headed rufous warbler

The black-headed rufous warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris), also known as the black-capped rufous warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swampland, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Black-headed rufous warbler
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Bathmocercus
Species:	B. cerviniventris
Binomial name
Bathmocercus cerviniventris (Sharpe, 1877)
Synonyms
Apalis cerviniventris

In 2020, the population of this bird in Liberia was estimated to be 60,000 pairs. The bird is rare in Ghana where there have been only one or two records.^[2]