Yellow-cheeked tit
Appearance
Yellow-cheeked tit | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paridae |
Genus: | Machlolophus |
Species: | M. spilonotus
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Binomial name | |
Machlolophus spilonotus (Bonaparte, 1850)
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Synonyms | |
Parus spilonotus |
The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The yellow-cheeked tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Machlolophus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Machlolophus spilonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22711934A94312793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711934A94312793.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Johansson, U.S.; Ekman, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Halvarsson, P.; Ohlson, J.I.; Price, T.D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 852–860. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019. PMID 23831453.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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