Rufous-bellied tit
| Rufous-bellied tit | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Parus |
| Species: | P. rufiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Parus rufiventris Barboza du Bocage, 1877 | |
The rufous-bellied tit (Parus rufiventris) is a species of bird in the tit family.
It is found in Africa from the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Namibia east to Tanzania and northern Mozambique.
Its habitat is subtropical or tropical dry miombo forests.
This 15 cm long bird has a black head, breast, wings and tail, grey upperparts, white fringes to the wing feathers, and rufous underparts. The adult has a yellow eye, brown in the duller juvenile.
The eastern race has a dark grey breast, washed-out underparts, and a brown eye at all ages. It is sometimes separated as the cinnamon-breasted tit, Parus pallidiventris.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Parus rufiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers Christopher Helm, 1996 ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
External links
- Rufous-bellied Tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- Image at ADW
