Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris) | Photos and ID

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Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 3 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 5 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 7 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 8 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris), photo 10 — Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

This 15 cm (5.9 in) long bird has a black head, breast, wings and tail, grey upperparts, white fringes to the wing feathers, and rufous underparts. The adult has a yellow eye, brown in the duller juvenile. Its habitat is subtropical or tropical dry miombo forests.

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When to see the Rufous-bellied Tit

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

Where to see the Rufous-bellied Tit

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Zambia Malawi Namibia Tanzania Zimbabwe Congo - Kinshasa Angola Mozambique

About the Rufous-bellied Tit

The rufous-bellied tit is a species of bird in the tit family. It is found in Africa from the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Namibia east to Tanzania and northern Mozambique.

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Easily confused with

Stripe-breasted TitMelaniparus fasciiventerThe stripe-breasted tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

Miombo TitMelaniparus griseiventrisThe miombo tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

White-backed Black TitMelaniparus leuconotusThe white-backed black tit, also known as the white-backed tit, is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

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