Southern Black Tit
Melaniparus niger
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- Genus
- Melaniparus
- eBird Code
- soublt1
Taxonomy Changes
Parus niger → Melaniparus niger
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (3)
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Melaniparus niger niger
southern Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, and eastern Cape Province
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Melaniparus niger ravidus
eastern Zambia to Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
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Melaniparus niger xanthostomus
Angola to Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and southern Tanzania
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.