White-winged black tit
| White-winged black tit | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Parus |
| Species: | P. leucomelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Parus leucomelas Rüppell, 1840 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melaniparus leucomelas | |
The white-winged black tit (Parus leucomelas) also known as the white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in central Africa, from Angola in the west to Ethiopia in the east.
It is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs from the more northern white-shouldered tit Parus guineensis with which it sometimes considered conspecific in that it has a dark eye.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Parus leucomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122: 121-143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract