The banded whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta) is a species of bird in the family Pardalotidae. It is endemic to dryer regions of Australia. The ornithologist Alfred John North described the banded whiteface as Xerophila nigricincta in 1895, from specimens collected at Missionary Plains, Northern Territory. Harry Church Oberholser pointed out that this genus name was invalid as it had been given to a genus of mollusc, hence it gained its current name Aphelocephala nigricincta in 1899.