Red-throated Tit
Melaniparus fringillinus(Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
English (US) Red-throated Tit
The Red-throated Tit (Melaniparus fringillinus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paridae (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: acacia savanna of southern Kenya and northern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melaniparus fringillinus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-throated Tit
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus fringillinus
- Described by
- (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A, 1884)
- Type locality
- foot of Mt. Meru, Arusha, Tanganyika.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 32, no.165 p.56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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