Tits and Chickadees (Paridae) - HBW 12
Ashy Tit (Parus cinerascens)
French: Mésange cendrée
German: Akazienmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Cinéreo
Taxonomy: Parus cinerascens Vieillot, 1818, Pelladrift, northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with P. thruppi, P. griseiventris and P. afer. Has been considered conspecific with any one of those or with all of them. Birds from SE Zimbabwe and N South Africa (E Limpopo S to Free State), previously separated as race orphnus on basis of purer white face and nuchal patch and greyer upperparts, now considered doubtfully distinct from fresh-plumage nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- benguelae B. P. Hall & Traylor, 1959 - SW Angola, possibly also extreme NW Namibia.
- cinerascens Vieillot, 1818 - Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and N South Africa (S to N Northern Cape, Free State and Mpumalanga).
- Least Concern
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A bird singing from the top of a dead tree Botswana
Aleix Comas 7 September 2007 15 weeks ago 3
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