Miombo Tit (Melaniparus griseiventris)
About the Miombo Tit
The miombo tit (Melaniparus griseiventris) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is found in Angola, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The miombo tit was formerly one of many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. (Miombo tit =) northern grey tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 12 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Zambia, Zimbabwe in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Red-throated TitMelaniparus fringillinusrecording
- White-bellied TitMelaniparus albiventrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.