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- Melaniparus rufiventris
Includes Cinnamon-breasted Tit
Identification
15 cm. 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.
Distribution
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Namibia east to Tanzania and northern Mozambique.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies recognized:
- M. r. rufiventris
- M. r. masukuensis
- M. r. pallidiventris
Pallidiventris is sometimes split as Cinnamon-breasted Tit.
Formerly placed in genus Parus.
Habitat
Dry miombo forests.
