White-shouldered Tit
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| Parus guineensis Shelley, 1900 |
The White-shouldered Tit Parus guineensis is a passerine bird in the tit family. It breeds in a belt across Africa from Senegal in the west to Kenya and Ethiopia in the east. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the more southerly White-winged Black Tit Parus leucomelas.
Like that species, it is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs in that it has a pale eye.
It is a resident in coniferous woodlands throughout its range, and nests in tree crevice. 4-6 reddish-brown blotched pinkish-white eggs are laid.
[edit] References
- Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
