Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Melaniparus Higher classification Parus | Phylum Chordata Family Paridae Scientific name Parus funereus Rank Species | |
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Similar Stripe‑breasted tit, Bird, White‑bellied tit, Acacia tit, White‑shouldered black tit | ||
The dusky tit (Melaniparus funereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The dusky tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.
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