White-winged black tit

Melaniparus leucomelas

The white-winged black tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is also known as the white-winged tit, dark-eyed black tit or northern black tit. The species was first described by Eduard Rüppell in 1840.
White-winged Black Tit This fairly elusive bird seen briefly at this delightful little reserve near Dera. Arsi Mountains,Dera Delfekar Regional Park,Melaniparus leucomelas,Oromia,Rift Valley,White-winged black tit

Appearance

It is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs from the more northern white-shouldered tit with which it sometimes considered conspecific in that it has a dark eye.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyParidae
GenusMelaniparus
SpeciesM. leucomelas
Photographed in
Ethiopia