Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
Stripe-breasted Tit (Parus fasciiventer) - HBW 12, p. 734
French: Mésange à ventre strié
German: Schwarzbrustmeise
Spanish: Carbonero del Ruwenzori
Taxonomy: Parus fasciiventer Reichenow, 1893, Ruwenzori Mountains, on DRCongo-Uganda border.
Has been considered part of the P. afer superspecies; probaby closest to that group, but distinct morphologically and in habitat preferences. Nominate race and tanganjicae intergrade in SW Rwanda. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fasciiventer Reichenow, 1893 - Ruwenzori Mts (E DRCongo and W Uganda) and S in mountains to W Rwanda, highlands W of L Kivu and W Burundi.
- tanganjicae Reichenow, 1909 - Itombwe Mts, in SE Kivu (E DRCongo) and SW Rwanda (Nyungwe forest).
- kaboboensis Prigogine, 1957 - Mt Kabobo, in extreme SE Kivu (E DRCongo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a bush, singing Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp fasciiventer)
Josep del Hoyo 10 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
looking around and flying away Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp fasciiventer)
Daniêl Jimenez 19 September 2010 2 years ago 9 sec 4 -
A bird moving in a tree and then singing twice Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp fasciiventer)
Josep del Hoyo 10 September 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 3.5
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Foraging along branches
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 25 January 2010 2 years ago 3 -
An alert adult moving through the branches above.
Locality Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda (ssp tanganjicae)
Christian Boix Hinzen 2 August 2008 3 years ago 2
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A bird singing on the forest. Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(ssp fasciiventer)
Josep del Hoyo 10 September 2006 20 weeks ago 4
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