Grey-crested Tit
Lophophanes dichrous(Blyth, E, 1845)
English (US) Gray-crested Tit
UK name: Grey-crested Tit
The Grey-crested Tit (Lophophanes dichrous) 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 dichrous
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-crested Tit
- English (UK)
- Grey-crested Tit
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1845)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Lophophanes dichrous kangrae
- Lophophanes dichrous dichrous
- Lophophanes dichrous dichroides
- Lophophanes dichrous wellsi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus dichrous
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1845)
- Type locality
- Nepal ; restricted to high altitudes of north-central Nepal by Biswas, 1955, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 75, p. 88.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13, pt.2, no.156 p.943
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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