White-winged Black Tit
Parus leucomelas
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParidae (Mallerengues)
- GenusParus (Great Tits and Allies)
- SpeciesParus leucomelas (White-winged Black Tit)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Dusky Tit
Parus funereus
Stripe-breasted Tit
Parus fasciiventer
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
White-browed Robin-Chat
Cossypha heuglini
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-winged Black Tit at Queen Elizabeth National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | 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 | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 8 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 9 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 10 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 13 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |