Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Paridae > Parus > Parus griseiventrisParus griseiventris (Miombo Tit)Synonyms: Melaniparus griseiventris (homotypic) The miombo tit (Melaniparus griseiventris) is a species of bird in the Paridae family.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The miombo tit was formerly one of 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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.29898 EDGE Score: 2.11613 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 15.5 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 1.7 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 100 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 70 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 30 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 4 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Angolan Miombo woodlands |
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands |
Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Katavi National Park |
II |
1054210 |
Tanzania |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bangweulu swamps |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Banti Forest Reserve |
Zimbabwe |
A2, A3 |
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Bvumba Highlands |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Caconda |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cangandala National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Chimanimani Mountains |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimanimani Mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimfunshi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Chisamba |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Chitunta plain |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Chizarira National Park |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A3 |
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Cuango |
Angola |
A3 |
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Dzalanyama Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Furancungo woodlands |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Hillwood |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Jimbe drainage |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kalungwishi |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasungu National Park |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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Kundelungu National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lago Carumbo |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Lavushi Manda National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Liuwa Plain National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lower Zambezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Luachimo River (Chitato) |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Luando Strict Nature Reserve |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Lukususi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Mafinga Mountains |
Zambia |
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Marungu highlands |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Mavuradonha Mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A3 |
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Minyanya Plain |
Zambia |
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Mount Moco |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mtangatanga and Perekezi Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A3 |
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Mupa National Park |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Mutinondo Wilderness |
Zambia |
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Nkanga river conservation area |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A3 |
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North Swaka |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Ntchisi Mountain Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Nyanga mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Robert McIlwaine Recreational Park |
Zimbabwe |
A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Shiwa Ng'andu |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Sioma Ngwezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Source of the Zambezi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ufipa plateau |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve |
Malawi |
A3 |
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West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Wonder Gorge |
Zambia |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Peirce, MA 1984. Weights of birds from
Balmoral, Zambia. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Union, 104: 84-85 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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