Miombo Tit (Melaniparus griseiventris)

Other Names (World)
Miombo Tit, Miombo Grey Tit, Miombo Gray Tit, Northern Grey Tit, Northern Gray Tit, Tabora Grey Tit, Tabora Gray Tit

Family
Paridae (Tits And Chickadees)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1882)

Habitat
Dry savanna. From 915 - 1,950 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Angola, southern and south-eastern DRCongo, and western Tanzania south to Zambia, Zimbabwe and north-western Mozambique.

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 (9)...)

Miombo Tit (Melaniparus griseiventris) [XC546575]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kasanka National Park, Zambia (call)

Miombo Tit (Melaniparus griseiventris) [XC126737]
by Rory Nefdt from Masuku Lodge, Choma, Southern, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Somali Tit (Melaniparus thruppi), Ashy Tit (Melaniparus cinerascens) and Grey Tit (Melaniparus afer). Has been considered conspecific with Somali Tit (Melaniparus thruppi).

Paler birds from Zambia described as subspecies lundarum, and birds from Mozambique and Zimbabwe with more prominent nuchal spot as parvirostris.

References
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