Grey Tit
Melaniparus afer (Gmelin, JF 1789)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2020-10-16 | Emthanjeni Local Municipality, Bo-Karoo, Northern Cape, Hanover (South Africa) (1400 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - Bird heard singing from some bushes at the base of some rocky outcrops surrounded by open Karoo plains in the early morning in springtime. The second song phase in this recording is their other call. Towards the end this bird combines two song phrases a few times. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
599685 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-18 | Eierkop area, R355, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | call and song - [sono] | 392549 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2020-02-08 | Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (440 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - Bird seen calling while foraging in a drainage line in the southern Karoo in mid summer. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
533497 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2018-11-04 | Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (460 m) | song - Two birds seen and heard singing while foraging in Acacia Karoo trees in the southern Karoo. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
441450 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2020-12-13 | Makana Local Municipality (near Glen Ambrose), Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (480 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - Bird seen calling from shrubland in a small valley in early summer. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
610170 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Dawie de Swardt | 2000-03-10 | Kloofeind, Bloemfontein, Free State, Free State (South Africa) (1400 m) | call - Bird calling from low bushes on shrubby hill bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
216428 xeno-canto.org |
| Gray Tit - Melaniparus afer | Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING | 2010-05-31 | , Western Cape (South Africa) | - | 203938241 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2022-03-06 | Aberdeen Plain (near Noagashoogte), Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (440 m) | adult, alarm call, sex uncertain, song - Bird seen foraging and singing quietly and then bursting out in the louder call and then going back to singing softly while foraging for insects. Recorded very early in the morning as the sun was coming up. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
708914 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-18 | Eierkop area, R355, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song and call - [sono] | 392551 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Peter Boesman | 2017-09-18 | Eierkop area, R355, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) | song and call - [sono] | 392550 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Faansie Peacock | 2017-08-11 | West Coast National Park, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (50 m) | call - A pair of tits in low strandveld vegetation. Approximately 40m away. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
383019 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer afer | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-21 | Stompneus Bay Rd, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Vredenburg (South Africa) (10 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
515420 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Faansie Peacock | 2017-08-11 | West Coast National Park, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (50 m) | song - One of a pair flying in in response to brief playback, landing atop a nearby shrub, and starting to sing. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
383020 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2019-10-05 | Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (460 m) | song - Two Grey Tits seen foraging and singing in dry Acacia karoo trees in a drainage line in the drought-stricken southern Karoo. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
501634 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Tony Archer | 2019-09-25 | Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, Graaff-Reinet (South Africa) (800 m) | call - Calling from top of shrub. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
500526 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Faansie Peacock | 2017-09-28 | Kagga Kamma PNR, Western Cape, Western Cape (South Africa) (1100 m) | alarm call - Scolding a cat (might have been an African Wild Cat), while perched on a roof of a small building. My kids talking in the background; what can you do? bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
388316 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2018-11-04 | Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (480 m) | song - Bird seen calling from a bush that it was foraging in. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
441448 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2022-07-11 | Aberdeen Plain (near Noagashoogte), Western District, Eastern Cape, Uitenhage (South Africa) (440 m) | adult, dawn song, sex uncertain - At least two tits singing in the dawn chorus before the sun came up on a chilly morning in mid winter in the southern Karoo. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
741520 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer afer | Frank Lambert | 2019-10-21 | Stompneus Bay Rd, West Coast DC, Western Cape, Vredenburg (South Africa) (10 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
515421 xeno-canto.org |
| Gray Tit - Melaniparus afer | Andrew Spencer | 2015-10-02 | Sani Pass (Lesotho), Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho, Thaba-Tseka (Lesotho) | - | 176714391 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Alan Collett | 2014-04-30 | Camdeboo National Park, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (800 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
177107 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Alan Collett | 2016-02-07 | Cradock, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (1000 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
302497 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Tim Cockcroft | 2020-10-18 | Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve, Hanover, Northern Cape, Hanover (South Africa) (1300 m) | song - Singing from within a bush near a rocky outcrop in the Karoo. bird-seen:no
|
596238 xeno-canto.org |
| Grey Tit - Melaniparus afer | Lynette Rudman | 2015-06-04 | Aberdeen Plain, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (480 m) | song - Bird seen singing from a small tree. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
249324 xeno-canto.org |
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