Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus)

Family
Paridae (Tits And Chickadees)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 550 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus) [XC811013]
by James Bradley from Kakamega Forest Reserve, Kenya (call, song)

Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus) [XC739809]
by GABRIEL LEITE from The Neck, Bwindi NP, Kinkiizi, Kanungu, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Has been considered part of the superspecies formed by Pale-eyed Black Tit (Melaniparus guineensis), Dark-eyed Black Tit (Melaniparus leucomelas), Southern Black Tit (Melaniparus niger), Carp's Tit (Melaniparus carpi) and White-bellied Tit (Melaniparus albiventris), possibly also White-backed Black Tit (Melaniparus leuconotus), but is ecologically separated from all of these and all other African tits.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

funereus (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855) - Sierra Leone and Guinea east, discontinuously, to DRCongo, southern Uganda, extreme southern Sudan and western Kenya.
gabela (Traylor, 1961) - Western Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus) - 10 files

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