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Somali Tit

Melaniparus thruppi (Shelley, GE 1885)

The acacia tit, also known as the Somali tit and northern grey tit, is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is native to north eastern Africa where it occurs in dry acacia habitat. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Shelley, GE 1885)

Reference:
   Ibis

Protonym:
  Parus thruppi

Type locality:
  SomaUland ['near centre of plateau,' south of Burao] .

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8615474

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  610FFD8E8CE34828

Avibase ID:
  avibase-610FFD8E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/610FFD8E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561871

Geographic range:

  • Melaniparus thruppi: dry acacia of lowlands to hills in northeastern Africa from northern Ethiopia and northern Somalia southward to far northeastern Tanzania
  • Melaniparus thruppi thruppi: dry acacia of Ethiopia and Somalia
  • Melaniparus thruppi barakae: dry acacia of southwestern Somalia to Kenya, Uganda, and northeastern Tanzania
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Somali Tit
Catalan:
mallerenga de Somàlia
Czech:
sýkora somálská
Danish:
Somalimejse
German:
Somalirußmeise
Spanish:
Carbonero Somalí
Spanish (Spain):
Carbonero Somalí
Finnish:
somaliantiainen
French:
Mésange somalienne
Croatian:
istočnoafrička sjenica
Italian:
Cincia di Somalia
Japanese (romaji):
somarihaiirogara
Japanese:
ソマリハイイロガラ
Lithuanian:
Somalinė zylė
Dutch:
Somalische Mees
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Somalimeis
Norwegian:
Somalimeis
Polish:
sikora sawannowa
Portuguese:
chapim-das-acácias
Portuguese (Portugal):
chapim-somali
Russian:
Сомалийская синица
Slovak:
sýkorka savanová
Swedish:
somaliames
Ukrainian:
Синиця саванова
Chinese:
索马里山雀
Chinese (Traditional):
索馬利山雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Mésange somalienne ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Mésange somalienne ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Northern Grey Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Somali Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Acacia Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Acacia Tit ( Melaniparus thruppi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Somali Tit ( Parus thruppi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Parus thruppi [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Parus thruppi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Melaniparus [afer, thruppi or cinerascens] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bashkir: сомали ҡарабаш турғайы
Catalan: mallerenga de Somàlia
Czech: sýkora somálská
Danish: Somalimejse
German: Somalimeise, Somalirußmeise
English: Acacia Tit, Northern Gray Tit, Northern Grey Tit, Somali Gray Tit, Somali Gray-Tit, Somali Grey Tit, Somali Grey-Tit, Somali Tit
English, HBW: Somali Tit
English (IOC): Acacia Tit
English (Kenya): Northern Grey Tit
English (United States): Somali Tit
Esperanto: Akacia paruo, Somala paruo
Spanish: Carbonero Somalí
Spanish (Spain): Carbonero Somalí
Spanish (HBW): Somali Tit
Estonian: väike-halltihane
Finnish: Somaliantiainen
French: Mésange de Somalie, Mésange somalienne
Croatian: istočnoafrička sjenica
Italian: Cincia di Somalia
Japanese (romaji): haiirogara, somarihaiirogara
Japanese: ソマリハイイロガラ, ハイイロガラ
Kirghiz: Сомали кашка чымчыгы
Scientific: Melaniparus thruppi, Melaniparus thruppi thruppi, Parus afer thruppi, Parus thruppi, Parus thruppi thruppi
Lithuanian: Somalinė zylė
Dutch: Somalische Mees
Norwegian Nynorsk: Somalimeis
Norwegian: Somalimeis
Polish: sikora sawannowa
Portuguese: chapim-das-acácias
Portuguese (Portugal): chapim-somali
Russian: Акациевая синица, Сомалийская синица
Slovak: sýkorka savanová
Swedish: somaliames, Somalimes
Swahili: Domofupi Somali
Turkish: Somali baştankarası
Ukrainian: Синиця саванова
Chinese: 索马里山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 索馬利山雀

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