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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

Type locality:
  Volta River, Gold Coast.

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 eastward to southern Sudan, South Sudan, and southwestern Ethiopia, southward to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and far western Kenya
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
Portuguese (Portugal):
chapim-guineense
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. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Pale-eyed Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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, version 2024:
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]
eBird version 2024:
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]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-shouldered Black Tit ( Melaniparus guineensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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]
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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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 leucopterus, 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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