Azure Tit
Cyanistes cyanus(Pallas, PS, 1770)
English (US) Azure Tit
The Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus) 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
- Cyanistes cyanus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Azure Tit
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1770)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Cyanistes cyanus cyanus
- Cyanistes cyanus hyperrhiphaeus
- Cyanistes cyanus yenisseensis
- Cyanistes cyanus tianschanicus
- Cyanistes cyanus koktalensis
- Cyanistes cyanus carruthersi
- Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus
- Cyanistes cyanus berezowskii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus cyanus
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1770)
- Type locality
- Volga River, eastern Russia.
- Original description
- Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14 p.588
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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