Black-crested tit
| Black-crested tit | |
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| In Binser - Almora District of Uttrakhand, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Periparus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. a. melanolophus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Periparus ater melanolophus Vigors, 1831 | |
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The black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the spot-winged tit, is a bird in the family Paridae.[1] It was formerly considered a distinct species,[2] but is now considered a subspecies of the coal tit.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in boreal forests and temperate forests in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, in the Hindu Kush, Karakorum, and western Himalaya ranges, from northeastern Afghanistan, through northern Pakistan and northwestern India to western Nepal.[2]
Taxonomy
The black-crested tit was formerly considered its own species closely related to the coal tit, but the two are now considered conspecific based on similar calls and behaviour, along with paraphyly of the traditional coal tit if black-crested tit is excluded.[4] It intergrades with another coal tit subspecies P. a. aemodius in west-central Nepal.[5]
Gallery
in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
carrying nesting material in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
carrying feed for chicks in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
References
- ↑ Löhrl, Hans; Thielcke, Gerhard (1 April 1973). "Alarmlaute europäischer und nordafrikanischer Tannenmeisen (Parus ater ater, P. ater atlas, P. ater ledouci) und der Schwarzschopfmeise (P. melanolophus)". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 114 (2): 250–252. Bibcode:1973JOrn..114..250L. doi:10.1007/BF01641174. ISSN 1439-0361.
- 1 2 Harrap, Simon (1 January 1996). Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers. London: A&C Black. pp. 76–77, 299–302. ISBN 0-7136-3964-4.
- ↑ Wolfgramm, Hannes; Martens, Jochen; Töpfer, Till; Vamberger, Melita; Pathak, Abhinaya; Stuckas, Heiko; Päckert, Martin (December 2021). "Asymmetric allelic introgression across a hybrid zone of the coal tit (Periparus ater) in the central Himalayas". Ecology and Evolution. 11 (23): 17332–17351. Bibcode:2021EcoEv..1117332W. doi:10.1002/ece3.8369. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 8668783. PMID 34938512.
- ↑ Martens, J.; Tietze, D. T.; Sun, Yue-Hua (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of Parus (Periparus), a Eurasian radiation of tits (Aves: Passeriformes: Paridae)" (PDF). Zoologische Abhandlungen. 55: 103–120. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ Eck, S.; Martens, J. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 49. A preliminary review of the Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 80 (5): 1–63. Retrieved 11 April 2026.