Grey-crested tit

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Grey-crested tit
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Carrying food for juveniles at Biskeri (11,000 ft.) in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Lophophanes
Species:
L. dichrous
Binomial name
Lophophanes dichrous
(Blyth, 1845)
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Range of Lophophanes dichrous
Synonyms

Parus dichrousBlyth, 1844

The grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

It is found in the Himalayan foothills and southern-central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lophophanes dichrous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22711815A94309278. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711815A94309278.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.