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White-winged or White-shouldered Tit

Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis] (= Melaniparus leucomelas) (Rüppell, WPES 1840)




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Rüppell, WPES 1840)

Reference:
   Neue Wirbelth. Fauna Abyss. Vög.

Protonym:
  Parus leucomelas

Type locality:
  Halei Province, Temben, Ethiopia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114234#page/180/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  78C496E68B22B805

Avibase ID:
  avibase-78C496E6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/78C496E6


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561862

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
  • Melaniparus leucomelas: varied woodland types of hills and mountains in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and disjunctly Gabon eastward to central Uganda, southward to southern Angola and southern Malawi
  • Melaniparus leucomelas leucomelas: central and southeastern highlands of Ethiopia
  • Melaniparus leucomelas insignis: Gabon to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique
English:
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit
French:
Mésange à épaulettes ou M. galonnée


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
White-winged Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
White-winged Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
White-winged Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
White-winged Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Parus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Parus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-winged or White-shouldered Tit ( Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Mésange à épaulettes ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-winged Black-Tit ( Melaniparus leucomelas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-winged Black-Tit ( Melaniparus leucomelas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-winged Black-Tit ( Melaniparus leucomelas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-winged Black-Tit ( Melaniparus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-winged Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-winged Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Northern Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Parus leucomelas [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Parus leucomelas [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Parus leucomelas [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-winged Tit ( Parus leucomelas) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Czech: Sýkora belokrídlá, sýkora bělokřídlá
Danish: Hvidvinget Sodmejse
German: Rüppellmeise, Rüppell-Meise
English: Black Tit, Northern Black Tit, White-shouldered Black Tit, White-winged Black Tit, White-winged Black-Tit, White-winged or White-shouldered Tit, White-winged Tit
Esperanto: Blankaflugila nigra paruo
Spanish: Herrerillo de Alas Blancas
Estonian: valgetiib-nõgitihane
Finnish: Kobolttitiainen
French: Mésange à épaulettes, Mésange à épaulettes blanches, Mésange à épaulettes ou M. galonnée, Mésange galonnée
Hungarian: *fehérszárnyú cinege
Italian: Cincia alibianche, Cincia nera alibianche
Japanese (romaji): hajirokurogara
Japanese: ハジロクロガラ
Scientific: Melaniparus [leucomelas or guineensis], Melaniparus leucomelas, Melaniparus leucomelas leucomelas, Parus [leucomelas or guineensis], Parus leucomelas, Parus leucomelas leucomelas
Lithuanian: Niūroji zylė
Dutch: Rüppell-mees, Rüppells Mees
Norwegian: Hvitvingemeis
Polish: Sikora białokarkowa, sikora bialoskrzydla, sikora białoskrzydła
Portuguese: Chapim de asa branca, Chapim-de-asa-branca
Russian: Белокрылая синица
Slovak: sýkorka bielokrídla
Swedish: Vitvingad mes
Swahili: Domofupi Bawa-jeupe
Ukrainian: Синиця африканська
Chinese: 白翅黑山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 白翅黑山雀

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