Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
White-winged Black Tit (Parus leucomelas) - HBW 12, p. 731
French: Mésange à épaulettes
German: Rüppellmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Aliblanco
Other common names: (Common) Black Tit, White-winged Tit
Taxonomy: Parus leucomelas Rüppell, 1840, Halei Province, Temben, Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with P. guineensis, P. niger, P. carpi and P. albiventris, possibly also including P. leuconotus. Often treated as conspecific with P. guineensis, and the two occur in mixed flocks in Uganda, but they differ in eye colour, and no evidence of intergrades; further research required. Possibly closer to P. niger, and sometimes considered conspecific with it, but the two appear not to interbreed in area of range overlap in Malawi and Zambia. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucomelas Rüppell, 1840 - C & SE Ethiopia.
- insignis Cabanis, 1880 - S Gabon and S PR Congo E to E DRCongo, SW Uganda, W Rwanda, N Burundi and NW & C Tanzania, S to Angola, Zambia and Malawi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird changing branches in a tree Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp insignis)
Josep del Hoyo 13 September 2006 5 years ago 35 sec 3.6 -
looking for food Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp insignis)
Daniêl Jimenez 15 September 2010 2 years ago 12 sec 3.2
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Perched on a trunk.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp leucomelas)
Ken Havard 9 November 2011 51 weeks ago 3.5 -
Perched on wall
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 10 April 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
Lone bird
Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp insignis)
auf 11 August 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
In a tree
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 10 February 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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