Yellow-cheeked tit

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Yellow-cheeked tit
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Machlolophus
Species:
M. spilonotus
Binomial name
Machlolophus spilonotus
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms

Parus spilonotus

The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

An individual from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India. Yellow-cheeked Tit Neora Valley National Park West Bengal India 30.04.2016.jpg
An individual from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The yellow-cheeked tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Machlolophus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. [2] [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Machlolophus spilonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22711934A94312793. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711934A94312793.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Johansson, U.S.; Ekman, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Halvarsson, P.; Ohlson, J.I.; Price, T.D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 852–860. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019. PMID   23831453.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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