Cyanistes
Sign in to saveCyanistes is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae. The genus was at one time considered as a subgenus of Parus. In 2005 an article describing a molecular phylogenetic study that had examined mitochondrial DNA sequences from members of the tit family, proposed that a number of subgenera including Cyanistes be elevated to genus status. This proposal was accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union and the British Ornithologists' Union.
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Cyanistes is a genus of birds within the family Paridae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The common name for this taxon is Tit.
Records for this genus are held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE. These records include entries from Russia and Belgium. The subject has been referenced by 417 other encyclopedia articles.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParidae
Cyanistes ist eine Vogelgattung in der Familie der Meisen (Paridae). Die Gattung umfasst nur zwei allgemein anerkannte Arten, die Blaumeise und die Lasurmeise. Bei manchen Autoren wird auch die Buntmeise und die Weißstirnmeise dieser Gattung zugeordnet. Die Arten dieser Gattung wurden klassisch der Gattung Parus zugerechnet, erst seit Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts wird Cyanistes als eigenständige Gattung weitgehend akzeptiert. Die kleinen Meisen dieser Gattung sind im gemäßigten Breiten Europas und Asiens sowie im Norden von Afrika beheimatet.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Paridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Russia, Belgium
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Cyanistes is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae. The genus was at one time considered as a subgenus of Parus. In 2005 an article describing a molecular phylogenetic study that had examined mitochondrial DNA sequences from members of the tit family, proposed that a number of subgenera including Cyanistes be elevated to genus status. This proposal was accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union and the British Ornithologists' Union.
==Species== The genus contains three species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Cyanistes caeruleus || Eurasian blue tit|| Europe |- |120px || Cyanistes teneriffae|| African blue tit|| northern Africa and the Canary Islands. |- |120px ||Cyanistes cyanus|| Azure tit|| Russia and Central Asia and northwest China, Manchuria and Pakistan. |- |}
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