White-shouldered Black Tit
Melaniparus guineensis
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice (Paridae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The white-shouldered black tit (Melaniparus guineensis), 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.
It is a resident in coniferous woodlands throughout its range, and nests in tree crevices.
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Range and habitat
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.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: White-shouldered black tit
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
