Sombre Tit
Poecile lugubris(Temminck, CJ, 1820)
English (US) Sombre Tit
The Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris) 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
- Poecile lugubris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sombre Tit
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Poecile lugubris lugubris
- Poecile lugubris lugens
- Poecile lugubris anatoliae
- Poecile lugubris dubius
- Poecile lugubris kirmanensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parus lugubris
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1820)
- Type locality
- Dalmatia and Hungary.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.), seconde édition ed.2, pt.1 p.293
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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