Biology:Yellow-cheeked tit

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Short description: Species of bird

Yellow-cheeked tit
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Machlolophus
Species:
M. spilonotus
Binomial name
Machlolophus spilonotus
(Bonaparte, 1850)
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.

An individual from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India .

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

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Machlolophus spilonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22711934A94312793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711934A94312793.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22711934/94312793. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxwings/. 
Yellow-cheeked tit

Wikidata ☰ Q27075367 entry