Warbla · Library
Southern Black Tit
Melaniparus niger · Family Paridae
Melaniparus niger
Family Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 104,050
- Countries and territories with records
- 24
About this species
This species has 104,050 occurrence records from 24 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (84.9%), Zimbabwe (4%), Eswatini (2.5%), Botswana (2.3%) and Zambia (2.3%); together they account for 96.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.22% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Melaniparus niger combines the genus name Melaniparus with the species epithet niger. The Warbla app catalog lists 14 species of the genus Melaniparus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Melaniparus cinerascens, Melaniparus afer and Melaniparus albiventris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 61 species of the family Paridae. This species ranks 19th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Poecile atricapillus. Its record count is 7.9% of the family average (1,310,770). The family Paridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.