Green-backed Tit
Parus monticolusVigors, NA, 1831
English (US) Green-backed Tit
The Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) 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
- Parus monticolus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-backed Tit
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Parus monticolus monticolus
- Parus monticolus yunnanensis
- Parus monticolus legendrei
- Parus monticolus insperatus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1831
- Type locality
- Himalayas ; restricted to Simla by Baker, 1923, Hand-list Birds Indian Empire, p. 7; emended to Simla-Almora district by Ticehurst and Whistler, 1924, Ibis, p. 471.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.2 p.22
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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