Lophophanes
| Lophophanes | |
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| Crested tit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Lophophanes Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Parus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
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Lophophanes is a small genus of birds in the tit family Paridae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Lophophanes was introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup with Parus cristatus, Linnaeus, 1758, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek lophos, "crest", and phaino, "to show".[3] The genus was formerly synonymised with the genus Parus[2] but based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005, the genus was resurrected to contain two species: the crested tit and the grey-crested tit.[4][5]
The genus contains the following two species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lophophanes cristatus | Crested tit | central and northern Europe |
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Lophophanes dichrous | Grey-crested tit | southern-central China |
References
[edit]- ^ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt (in German). Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 92.
- ^ a b Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 70.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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 (1): 121–143. doi:10.1093/auk/122.1.121.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
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