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Photo by martinuk
Royal Mile, Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi District, Uganda, July 2013
Melaniparus funereus

Identification

A striking red eye

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Parus.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies [1].

  • M. f. funereus:
  • M. f. gabela:
  • West-central Angola (Gabela escarpment)

Habitat

Lowland tropical moist broadleaf forest,

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

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