Grey Tit (Melaniparus afer)

Other Names (World)
Grey Tit, Gray Tit, Southern Grey Tit, Southern Gray Tit, Acacia Tit, Acacia Grey Tit, Acacia Gray Tit, African Grey Tit, African Gray Tit

Family
Paridae (Tits And Chickadees)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From 400 - 2,745 m.

Range (Guide)

Lesotho, South Africa.

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
Song is a ringing, whistled 'klee-klee-klee-cheree-cheree'. A harsh 'chrrr' uttered in alarm.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Grey Tit (Melaniparus afer) [XC441452]
by Frank Lambert from Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

Grey Tit (Melaniparus afer) [XC500526]
by Lynette Rudman from Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Somali Tit (Melaniparus thruppi), Miombo Tit (Melaniparus griseiventris) and Ashy Tit (Melaniparus cinerascens). Has been considered conspecific with any one or all of those.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

afer (Gmelin, 1789) - Western South Africa (Northern Cape, western Cape) and apparently also east, central and south-western Namibia.
arens (Clancey, 1963) - Lesotho and southern South Africa (southern Free State, western eastern Cape).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey Tit (Melaniparus afer) - 10 files

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