Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Crested Tit
The Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) 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
- Lophophanes cristatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crested Tit
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Lophophanes cristatus scoticus
- Lophophanes cristatus abadiei
- Lophophanes cristatus weigoldi
- Lophophanes cristatus cristatus
- Lophophanes cristatus baschkirikus
- Lophophanes cristatus mitratus
- Lophophanes cristatus bureschi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus cristatus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Europe ; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1905, Vogel pal. Fauna, 1, p. 363.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.189
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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