White-shouldered Black Tit (Melaniparus guineensis)
About the White-shouldered Black Tit
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. 4-6 reddish-brown blotched pinkish-white eggs are laid.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 18 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. 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 Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda 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.