White-winged black tit
| White-winged black tit | |
|---|---|
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| Nominate race in Ethiopia | |
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| M. l. subsp. insignis in Angola | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Melaniparus |
| Species: | M. leucomelas |
| Binomial name | |
| Melaniparus leucomelas (Rüppell, 1840) | |
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| Map showing ranges of two races, respectively north and south of equator | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parus leucomelas | |
The white-winged black tit (Melaniparus leucomelas), also known as the white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
Description
It is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs from the more northern white-shouldered tit (Melaniparus guineensis) with which it sometimes considered conspecific in that it has a dark eye.
Range and races
It is found in central Africa, from Angola in the west to Ethiopia in the east. There are two races:[2]
- M. l. subsp. leucomelas Rüppell, 1840 – Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan
- M. l. subsp. insignis Cabanis, 1880 – African equator to southern subtropics
Taxonomy
The white-winged black tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.[3][4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Parus leucomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "White-winged Black Tit (Parus leucomelas) - HBW 12, p. 731". Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ↑ Johansson, U.S.; Ekman, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Halvarsson, P.; Ohlson, J.I.; Price, T.D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 852–860. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122: 121-143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
External links
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Media related to M. leucomelas at Wikimedia Commons -
Data related to M. leucomelas at Wikispecies - Sound recordings, xeno-canto
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