Parus leucomelas
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The white-winged black tit (Melaniparus leucomelas) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is also known as the white-winged tit, dark-eyed black tit or northern black tit. The species was first described by Eduard Rüppell in 1840.
It is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs from the more northern white-shouldered tit (Melaniparus guineensis) with which it sometimes considered conspecific in that it has a dark eye. It is found in central Africa, from Angola in the west to Ethiopia in the east. There are two races:
Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth; Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005). "Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene". Auk. 122 (1): 121–143. doi... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Black Tit sighting in Akagera National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th most-seen of the 320 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Black Tit in Akagera National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-winged Black Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate White-winged Black Tit sightings, Akagera National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-winged Black Tit that you can see in Akagera National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Rüppell's Glossy-starling (about 70%), Common Bulbul (about 70%) and Fork-tailed Drongo (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Black Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Akagera National Park (60 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
