Melaniparus Fasciiventer Bird

Melaniparus Fasciiventer Bird

Melaniparus Fasciiventer Bird

English Name:  Stripe-breasted Tit
Latin Name:  Melaniparus fasciiventer
Protonym:  Parus fasciiventer Orn.Monatsb. 1 p.31
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae / Melaniparus
Taxonomy Code:  stbtit2
Type Locality:  Ruwenzori.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1893
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELANIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Southern Black Tit M. niger) Gr. μελας  melas, μελανος  melanos  black; genus Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "489. Melaniparus, Bp. (Parus, p. Gr.)  3. P. niger, Vieill. (luctuosus, Licht.) Lev. Afr. t. 137. 1. ex Africa mer." (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Melanoparus.
Synon. Aegithospiza, Pentheres.

fasciiventer / fasciiventris
L. fascia  streak, band; venter, ventris  belly.

SUBSPECIES

Stripe-breasted Tit (fasciiventer)
Latin Name: Melaniparus fasciiventer fasciiventer
fasciiventer / fasciiventris
L. fascia  streak, band; venter, ventris  belly.

Stripe-breasted Tit (tanganjicae)
Latin Name: Melaniparus fasciiventer tanganjicae
tanganicae / tanganjicae / tanganyicae / tanganyika / tanganyikae
Lake Tanganyika, east Africa.

Stripe-breasted Tit (kaboboensis)
Latin Name: Melaniparus fasciiventer kaboboensis
kaboboensis
Mt. Kabobo, north of Albertville, Belgian Congo / Mt. Misotshi-Kabogo, DR Congo.