• Synonyms (Southern) Black Tit, Southern Black-Tit, Black Tit, Angola Black Tit
  • Old latin name for bird Parus xanthostomus, Parus insignis, Parus niger

Southern Black Titbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Dries Van de Loock
    Zambia
  • 3.
    Call, © Oscar Campbell
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Song, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Female, male, song, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 7.
    Call, © Vonny Strachan
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Southern Black Tit

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion se

Southern Black Tit subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Melaniparus niger nigers Mozambique and e South Africa-No
Melaniparus niger raviduse Zambia to c Mozambique and ne South Africa-No
Melaniparus niger xanthostomusse Angola to c Zambia and sw Tanzania, s to ne Namibia, Botswana and n South Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGewone Swartmees
Catalanmallerenga negra meridional
Chinese南黑山雀
Chinese (Traditional)南方黑山雀
Croatiancrno-bijela sjenica
CzechSýkora cerná, sýkora černá
DanishSodmejse
DutchRoetmees
EsperantoSuda nigra paruo
Estonianlõuna-nõgitihane
Finnishnokitiainen
FrenchMésange noire d'Afrique, Mésange nègre, Mésange noire australe, Mésange demi-deuil, Mésange noire de Guinée
GermanSambesi-Rußmeise, Mohrenmeise
Hungarianszerecsencinege
IcelandicTinnumeisa
ItalianCincia nera
Japaneseクロガラ, ミナミクロガラ
Lithuanianpietinė zylė
Norwegiansotmeis
Norwegian NynorskSotmeis
Polishsikora czarna
Portuguesechapim-preto, Chapim-preto-meridional
RussianГрафитовая синица, Чёрная синица
SerbianJužna crna senica
Slovaksýkorka čierna
SpanishCarbonero negro, Herrerillo Negro
SwahiliDomofupi Mweusi
Swedishsotmes, Afrikansk svartmes
TsongaXidzhavadzhava
TurkishGüneyli Kömürcü Baştankara
Ukrainianсиниця південна
XhosaIsicukujeje