Southern Black Tit
Melaniparus niger(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Southern Black Tit
The Southern Black Tit (Melaniparus niger) 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.
- Scientific name
- Melaniparus niger
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Black Tit
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Melaniparus niger ravidus
- Melaniparus niger xanthostomus
- Melaniparus niger niger
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus niger
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Sondag [= Sunday] River, eastern Cape Province (ex Levaillant, pi. 137).
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 20 p.325
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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