Carp's tit
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Melaniparus |
| Species: | M. carpi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaniparus carpi | |
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Parus carpi | |
Carp's tit (Melaniparus carpi) or Carp's black tit, is a species of bird in the family Paridae.[2] Some authors consider it a subspecies of the black tit. It is found throughout the Namibian savanna woodlands and the southern Angolan mopane woodlands.
Its name commemorates olympic sailor and ornithologist Berend Carp (1901-1966).
Carp's 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.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Melaniparus carpi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22732625A112870492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22732625A112870492.en. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Parus carpi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Johansson, U.S.; Ekman, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Halvarsson, P.; Ohlson, J.I.; Price, T.D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 852–860. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019. PMID 23831453.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
External links[edit]
- (Carp's tit = ) Carp's black tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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