Crested tit
Crested tit | |
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A crested tit in Spain | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paridae |
Genus: | Lophophanes |
Species: | L. cristatus
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Binomial name | |
Lophophanes cristatus | |
Range of L. cristatus Resident
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Synonyms | |
Parus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 |
The crested tit or European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) (formerly Parus cristatus), is a
Taxonomy and systematics
This species was formerly placed in Parus, but the distinctness of Lophophanes is well supported,
The current genus name, Lophophanes, is from the Ancient Greek lophos, "crest", and phaino, "to show". The specific cristatus is Latin for "crested".[4]
Behaviour and ecology
It is an easy tit to recognise, for besides its erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved, its gorget and collar are distinctive. It is, like other tits, talkative, and birds keep up a constant zee, zee, zee ⓘ, similar to that of the coal tit.
It makes a nest in a hole in rotting stumps. This bird often feeds low down in trees, but although not shy, it is not always easily approached. It will join winter tit flocks with other species.
Like other tits it is found in pairs and it feeds on insects (including caterpillars) and seeds.
Gallery
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Crested tit, Aviemore, Scotland
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Crested tit, Aviemore, Scotland
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Crested tit, Cantalejo, Spain
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Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
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Lophophanes cristatus -MHNT
References
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
External links
- Crested tit videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
- Song of the crested tit[Sveriges Radio P2)
- Ageing and sexing (PDF; 2.3 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze