Parus leucomelas
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 Kafue National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 247th most-seen of the 338 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Black Tit in Kafue National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, August and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Kafue National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 290 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.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate White-winged Black Tit sightings, Kafue National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Black Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Kafue National Park (19 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.
