Rufous-naped tit

Rufous-naped tit
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paridae
Genus:	Periparus
Species:	P. rufonuchalis
Binomial name
Periparus rufonuchalis (Blyth, 1849)
Range of Periparus rufonuchalis
Synonyms
Parus rufonuchalisBlyth, 1849

The rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis), also known as the black-breasted tit or dark-grey tit, is an Asian songbird species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). It was sometimes considered conspecific with the rufous-vented tit (P. rubidiventris), and was formerly placed in the genus Parus . ^[2]

This tit is a native of the western Himalayas, but has a very large range, occurring in parts of India, China, Pakistan, Turkestan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan. Widespread and common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN. ^[3]

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Periparus rufonuchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22711775A94308236. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711775A94308236.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Gill et al. (2005)
3. BLI (2008)

References

• BirdLife International (2008). "Parus rufonuchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
• Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122(1): 121–143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract

External links

• Media related to Periparus rufonuchalis at Wikimedia Commons
• Picture of the rufous-naped tit