Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Melaniparus Higher classification Parus | Phylum Chordata Family Paridae Scientific name Parus leucomelas Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Southern black tit, Miombo tit, Dusky tit, Stripe‑breasted tit | ||
The white-winged black tit (Melaniparus leucomelas), also known as the white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
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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:
Taxonomy
The white-winged black 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.
References
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