Grey Tit

Melaniparus afer

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCavity nestSmall · 20 g

When to see the Grey Tit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey Tit

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Zimbabwe.

About the Grey Tit

The grey tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

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