Elegant Tit
Periparus elegans(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Elegant Tit
The Elegant Tit (Periparus elegans) 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
- Periparus elegans
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Elegant Tit
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Periparus elegans edithae
- Periparus elegans montigenus
- Periparus elegans gilliardi
- Periparus elegans elegans
- Periparus elegans visayanus
- Periparus elegans albescens
- Periparus elegans mindanensis
- Periparus elegans suluensis
- Periparus elegans bongaoensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus elegans
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- no locality; Manila, Luzon, designated by Parkes, 1958, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 71, p. 100.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.6 p.456
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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