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White-shouldered Tit

Melaniparus guineensis (Shelley, GE 1900)

The white-shouldered black tit, also known as the pale-eyed black tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family. It breeds in a belt across Africa from Senegal in the west to Kenya and Ethiopia in the east. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the more southerly white-winged black tit Melaniparus leucomelas and, like that species, it is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs in that it has a pale eye. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Paridae
Genus:
   Melaniparus
Scientific:
  Melaniparus guineensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Shelley, GE 1900)

Reference:
   Birds Afr. 2 p.229

Protonym:
  Parus leucomelas guineensis

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14023134

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5C70AA7D891F2C7A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5C70AA7D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5C70AA7D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561860

Geographic range:

  • Melaniparus guineensis: southern Mauritania and Senegal east to southern Sudan, South Sudan, and southwestern Ethiopia, south to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and extreme western Kenya
Source: Clements checklist
English:
White-shouldered Tit
Catalan:
mallerenga negra de Shelley
Danish:
Hvidskuldret Sodmejse
German:
Weißschulter-Rußmeise
Spanish:
Carbonero Guineano
Spanish (Spain):
Carbonero Guineano
Finnish:
valkosilmätiainen
French:
Mésange galonnée
Croatian:
savanska sjenica
Italian:
Cincia spallebianche
Japanese (romaji):
katajirokurogara
Japanese:
カタジロクロガラ
Lithuanian:
Baltapetė zylė
Dutch:
Guinese Mees
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Savannemeis
Norwegian:
Savannemeis
Polish:
sikora żółtooka
Portuguese:
Chapim-da-guiné
Russian:
Белоплечая синица
Slovak:
sýkorka bledooká
Serbian:
Crna senica sa belim ramenima
Swedish:
savannmes
Ukrainian:
Синиця білоплеча
Chinese:
白肩黑山雀
Chinese (Traditional):
白肩山雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-shouldered Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-shouldered Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Mésange galonnée ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Melaniparus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Melaniparus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Melaniparus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Melaniparus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-shouldered Black-Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Parus leucomelas guineensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-shouldered Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-shouldered Tit ( Parus guineensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Parus guineensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Parus guineensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Bashkir: аҡ яуырынлы ҡарабаш турғай
Catalan: mallerenga negra de Shelley
Danish: Hvidskuldret Sodmejse
German: Guineameise, Weißschulter-Rußmeise
English: Northern Black Tit, Omo Black Tit, Pale-eyed Black Tit, Uganda Black Tit, Upper Guinea Black Tit, White shouldered Tit, White-shouldered Black Tit, White-shouldered Black-Tit, White-shouldered Tit
English, HBW: Pale-eyed Black Tit
English (IOC): White-shouldered Black Tit
English (United States): White-shouldered Black-Tit
Esperanto: Blankaŝultra paruo
Spanish: Carbonero Guineano
Spanish (Spain): Carbonero Guineano
Spanish (HBW): White-shouldered Black-Tit
Estonian: põhja-nõgitihane
Finnish: valkosilmätiainen
French: Mésange des savanes, Mésange galonnée
Croatian: savanska sjenica
Italian: Cincia spallebianche
Japanese (romaji): katajirokurogara
Japanese: カタジロクロガラ
Kirghiz: ак мурулуу кашка чымчык
Scientific: Melaniparus guineensis, Melaniparus leucomelas camerunensis, Melaniparus leucomelas guineensis, Melaniparus leucomelas lacuum, Melaniparus leucomelas leucopterus, Melaniparus leucomelas purpurascens, Parus guineensis, Parus leucomelas guineensis, Parus niger camerunensis, Parus niger purpurascens
Lithuanian: Baltapetė zylė
Dutch: Guinese Mees, Witschoudermees
Norwegian Nynorsk: Savannemeis
Norwegian: Savannemeis
Polish: sikora zóltooka, sikora żółtooka
Portuguese: Chapim-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal): Chapim-da-guiné, chapim-guineense
Russian: Белоплечая синица
Slovak: sýkorka bledooká
Serbian: Crna senica sa belim ramenima
Swedish: Guineames, savannmes
Swahili: Domofupi Bega-jeupe
Turkish: Ak omuzlu kömürcü baştankara
Ukrainian: Синиця білоплеча
Chinese: 白肩黑山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 白肩山雀

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