Carp's tit
| Carp's tit | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Melaniparus |
| Species: | M. carpi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaniparus carpi (
Macdonald & Hall, BP , 1957) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parus carpi | |
Carp's tit (Melaniparus carpi) or Carp's black tit, is a
black tit. It is found throughout the Namibian savanna woodlands and the southern Angolan mopane woodlands
.
Its name commemorates olympic sailor and ornithologist Berend Carp (1901-1966).
Carp's tit was formerly one of the many species in the
molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.[3][4]
References
- . Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Parus carpi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- PMID 23831453.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
External links
- (Carp's tit = ) Carp's black tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.