Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
White-backed Black Tit (Parus leuconotus) - HBW 12, p. 733
French: Mésange à dos blanc
German: Weißrückenmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Dorsiblanco
Other common names: White-backed Tit
Taxonomy: Parus leuconotus Guérin-Méneville, 1843, Ethiopia.
Apparently closely related to, and possibly a member of, the superspecies formed by P. guineensis, P. leucomelas, P. niger, P. carpi and P. albiventris. Monotypic.
Distribution: Eritrea and Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying away and another one arriving and foraging in a tree. Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 5 years ago 30 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving and foraging in a tree. Locality Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 5 years ago 26 sec 3.1 -
A bird moving around on a mossy trunk Locality Goba, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 9 April 2002 4 years ago 18 sec 2.6
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A white-backed black tit about to drink from a bird bath
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Frank Sandvoss 1 July 2011 16 weeks ago 3.1 -
A bird perched on barbed wire, food in the beak
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 29 March 2009 3 years ago 3 -
Show is back
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 4 February 2010 1 year ago 2.8 -
On bush
Locality Karibosa, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 5 October 2008 1 year ago 2.8
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