Azure tit
From Conservapedia
Azure tit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom Information | |
Domain | Eukaryota |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Branch | Deuterostomia |
Phylum Information | |
Phylum | Chordata |
Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
Class Information | |
Superclass | Tetrapoda |
Class | Aves |
Sub-class | Neornithes |
Infra-class | Neoaves |
Order Information | |
Superorder | Passerimorphae |
Order | Passeriformes |
Sub-order | Passeri |
Infraorder | Passerida |
Family Information | |
Superfamily | Passeroidea |
Family | Paridae |
Genus Information | |
Genus | Cyanistes |
Species Information | |
Species | C. cyanus |
Population statistics | |
Population | 20,000-99,999[1] |
Conservation status | Least concern[2] |
The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) is a small species of passerine bird of the family Paridae, and found over eastern Europe across much of central Asia to the Pacific.
Description
The Azure tit is up to 5.2 inches long, with a wingspan of 7.3 inches, and weighs about 0.4 ounces. Its plumage is white-blue, with black eye stripes on a white head. The belly is white, as is a wide band on the wing covers. Males and females are similar. Hybrids between closely-related species have also been recorded in the wild[3].
Subspecies
- Cyanistes cyanus cyanus; Russia: European portion to basin of middle Volga River
- Cyanistes cyanus hyperrhiphaeus; Russia: European portion to western Siberia and northern Kazakhstan
- Cyanistes cyanus koktalensis; Kazakhstan: southeastern lowlands (south of Lake Balkhash)
- Cyanistes cyanus tianschanicus; southeastern Kazakhstan to northwestern China, Manchuria and Pakistan
- Cyanistes cyanus yenisseensis; southeastern Siberia to Sea of Japan and lower Amur River
References
- ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22735985/87434883#population
- ↑ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22735985/87434883
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukasz-Lawicki/publication/264914009_Azure_Tits_and_hybrids_Azure_x_European_Blue_Tit_in_Europe/links/53f5f3e70cf22be01c3fc220/Azure-Tits-and-hybrids-Azure-x-European-Blue-Tit-in-Europe.pdf