Yellow-browed tit

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Yellow-browed tit
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Sylviparus
Burton, 1836 [2]
Species:
S. modestus
Binomial name
Sylviparus modestus
Burton, 1836
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The yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Sylviparus. [3]

It is found in the southern Himalayas, Northeast India and southern China with smaller amounts in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. [1] [4]

Sylviparus modestus in Phulchoki, Nepal. Yellow-browed-Tit.jpg
Sylviparus modestus in Phulchoki, Nepal.

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Sylviparus modestus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22711998A94314470. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711998A94314470.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Taxon author: Burton, 1836". ITIS . Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. Gill, F. B.; Slikas, B.; Sheldon, F. H. (2005). "Phylogeny of Titmice (Paridae): Ii. Species Relationships Based on Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome-B Gene". The Auk. 122: 121. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   86067032.
  4. José del Hoyo; Andrew Elliot; David A. Christie (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN   978-84-96553-42-2.