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Ashy tit

Ashy tit
Melaniparus cinerascens (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Melaniparus
Species: M. cinerascens
Binomial name
Melaniparus cinerascens
(Vieillot, 1818)
Parus cinerascens distribution map.png
     resident range
Synonyms

Parus cinerascens


Parus cinerascens

The ashy tit (Melaniparus cinerascens) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

The ashy tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Melaniparus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.



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