- Rufous-bellied Tit
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Rufous-bellied Tit Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae Genus: Parus Species: P. rufiventris Binomial name Parus rufiventris
Barboza du Bocage, 1877The Rufous-bellied Tit (Parus rufiventris) is a species of bird in the tit family.
It is found in Africa from the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Namibia east to Tanzania and northern Mozambique.
Its habitat is subtropical or tropical dry miombo forests.
This 15 cm long bird has a black head, breast, wings and tail, grey upperparts, white fringes to the wing feathers, and rufous underparts. The adult has a yellow eye, brown in the duller juvenile.
The eastern race has a dark grey breast, washed-out underparts, and a brown eye at all ages. It is sometimes separated as the Cinnamon-breasted Tit, Parus pallidiventris.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Parus rufiventris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers Christopher Helm, 1996 ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
External links
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Parus
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