Black-crested tit

Black-crested tit
in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Periparus
Species: P. ater
Trinomial name
Periparus ater melanolophus
Vigors, 1831
Synonyms
  • Periparus melanolophus

The black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the spot-winged tit, is a bird in the Paridae family. It is now usually considered a subspecies of the coal tit.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in boreal forests and temperate forests in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, mainly in the Himalayas, ranging across Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

Taxonomy

It is closely related and similar to the coal tit, and is sometimes considered to be conspecific. It interbreeds with that species in western Nepal.

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