Parus niger2025-06-11T10:55:03+00:00

Parus niger Southern Black Tit Gewone Swartmees

Waterberg Game Park, Sep 2022

Kamonande, Oct 2022

Modimolle, Dec 2021

Modimolle, Sep 2008
A breeding resident. Common and widespread across the Waterberg, less frequent in the surrounding thorn savanna (66% in, 34% out; recorded in 91% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents any broad-leafed woodland, in pairs or family groups which are territorial year-round; in winter they frequently form the nucleus of mixed species bird parties. Breeds in early- to mid-summer.