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Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega, Kenya, December 2006

Parus funereus

[edit] Identification

A striking red eye

[edit] 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

[edit] Taxonomy

Placed in Melaniparus by some authors.

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies ^[1].

• M. f. funereus:

• Guinea to Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda and Kenya

• M. f. gabela:

• West-central Angola (Gabela escarpment)

[edit] Habitat

Lowland damp forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links