White-winged black tit
| White-winged black tit | |
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| Nominate race in Ethiopia | |
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| M. l. subsp. insignis in Angola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Melaniparus |
| Species: | M. leucomelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaniparus leucomelas (Rüppell, 1840)
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| Map showing ranges of two races, respectively north and south of equator | |
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The white-winged black tit (Melaniparus leucomelas) is a
Paridae. It is also known as the white-winged tit, dark-eyed black tit or northern black tit.[2] The species was first described by Eduard Rüppell
in 1840.
Description
It is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs from the more northern
white-shouldered tit
(Melaniparus guineensis) with which it sometimes considered conspecific in that it has a dark eye.
Range and races
It is found in central Africa, from Angola in the west to Ethiopia in the east. There are two races:[3]
- M. l. subsp. leucomelas Rüppell, 1840 – Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan
- M. l. subsp. insignis Cabanis, 1880 – African equator to southern subtropics
Taxonomy
The white-winged black tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gosler, A. & Clement, P. (2019). "Dark-eyed Black Tit (Melaniparus leucomelas)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "White-winged Black Tit (Parus leucomelas) - HBW 12, p. 731". Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- 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.
- Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth; .
External links
Media related to M. leucomelas at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to M. leucomelas at Wikispecies- Sound recordings, xeno-canto
