Indian Black-lored Tit
Machlolophus aplonotus(Blyth, E, 1847)
English (US) Indian Black-lored Tit
The Indian Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus aplonotus) 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
- Machlolophus aplonotus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Indian Black-lored Tit
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Machlolophus aplonotus aplonotus
- Machlolophus aplonotus travancoreensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus aplonotus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1847)
- Type locality
- mountains of central India ; restricted to Chaibasa, Singhbhun, Bengal, by Whistler and Kinnear, 1932, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 35, p. 520.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16, pt.1 p.444-445
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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