Parus guineensis
In 3 days <5%
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. The white-shouldered black tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that birds in the new genus formed a distinct clade.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-shouldered Black Tit sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 285th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-shouldered Black Tit in Kampala on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Kampala, in our data
Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-shouldered Black Tit sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-shouldered Black Tit that you can see in Kampala (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Common Bulbul (about 80%), African Thrush (about 70%) and Pied Crow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-shouldered Black Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Kampala (8 verified sightings), 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.
