Carp’s Tit

Carp\'s Tit / Melaniparus carpi

Carp's Tit

Here the details of the Carp's Tit named bird below:

SCI Name:  Melaniparus carpi
Protonym:  Parus niger carpi Ann.TransvaalMus. 23 p.33
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae /
Taxonomy Code:  cartit2
Type Locality:  Warmquelle, Kaokoveld, South West Africa.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1957
IUCN Status:  

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.

carpi
Bernhard Carp (1901-1966) South African naturalist and sponsor (syn. Caprimulgus natalensis, Melaniparus).