Southern Black Tit
Parus niger
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParidae (Mallerengues)
- GenusParus (Great Tits and Allies)
- SpeciesParus niger (Southern Black Tit)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer diffusus
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Chlorocichla flaviventris
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 6 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 12 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Southern Black Tit in Mana Pools National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Southern Black Tit sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Black Tit in Mana Pools National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Black Tit in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.