White-shouldered Black-Tit

Melaniparus guineensis

The white-shouldered black tit, 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.

Scientific name

Melaniparus guineensis

Family

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

IUCN status

LC