Tits and Chickadees (Paridae) - HBW 12

White-shouldered Black Tit (Parus guineensis)

French: Mésange galonnée German: Guineameise Spanish: Carbonero Guineano
Other common names: White-shouldered Tit

Taxonomy: Parus leucomelas guineensis Shelley, 1900, Volta River, Ghana.
Forms a superspecies with P. leucomelas, P. niger, P. carpi and P. albiventris, possibly also including P. leuconotus. Often considered conspecific with P. leucomelas, and the two occur in mixed flocks in Uganda, but they differ in eye colour, and no evidence of intergrades; further research required. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Senegal and S Mauritania E to S Sudan and N Eritrea, S to C Ivory Coast, SE Cameroon, N DRCongo, Uganda and extreme W Kenya.