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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
25/05/2024 12:52:21 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Dusky Tit*
Id (Atlas):
Melaniparus funereus
Description (10 )
Dusky Tit
© oiseaux.net
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.
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)... )
Listen to XC286545
Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus ) [XC286545 ]
by Martin St-Michel from Mubwindi trail, Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)
Listen to XC291648
Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus ) [XC291648 ]
by Simon Carter from Budongo Forest, 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Dusky Tit see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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