Parus leucomelas
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In 3 days ~10%
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:
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| # | 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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Black Tit sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 244th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Black Tit in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months. That is one of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain against 65 mm in January.
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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate White-winged Black Tit sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 20%), Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 10%) and Kafue National Park (Zambia, under 5%).
Same genus: Parus
The closest relatives of the White-winged Black Tit that you can see in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (genus Parus, Great Tits and Allies) are Dusky Tit (about 20%) and Stripe-breasted Tit (about 20%), 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 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (40 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.
