Parus afer Gmelin, 1789 is a animal in the Paridae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Parus afer Gmelin, 1789

Parus afer Gmelin, 1789

The grey tit (Melaniparus afer) is a Paridae bird found in Lesotho and South Africa, living in dry shrubland and shrubby vegetation.

Family
Genus
Parus
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Parus afer Gmelin, 1789

The grey tit, currently classified under the scientific name Melaniparus afer (previously published as Parus afer Gmelin, 1789), is a bird species that belongs to the tit family Paridae. This species is distributed across Lesotho and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

Photo: (c) Gigi Laidler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gigi Laidler · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Paridae Parus

More from Paridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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