Black-crested Titmouse
Baeolophus atricristatus(Cassin, J, 1850)
English (US) Black-crested Titmouse
The Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paridae (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Baeolophus atricristatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-crested Titmouse
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Baeolophus atricristatus paloduro
- Baeolophus atricristatus sennetti
- Baeolophus atricristatus atricristatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus atricristatus
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1850)
- Type locality
- Rio Grande, Texas ; restricted to Rio Grande between Brownsville and Rio Grande City by Allen, 1907, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 23, p. 476.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 p.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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