Carp's tit

Carp's tit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Melaniparus
Species:
M. carpi
Binomial name
Melaniparus carpi
Synonyms

Parus carpi

Carp's tit in Namibia

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Parus carpi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.


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