Black-crested tit
| Black-crested tit | |
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| in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India. | |
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Periparus |
| Species: | P. ater |
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Periparus ater melanolophus Vigors, 1831 |
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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.
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.
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.
in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
carrying nesting material in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
carrying feed for chicks in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
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