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Ground Tit
Also known as Pseudopodoces humilis
species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 45
- Image
- Ground Tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) (53463185913).jpg
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- Commons category
- Pseudopodoces humilis
- taxon name
- Pseudopodoces humilis
- taxon common name
- chapim-terrestre
- egg incubation period
- 15
- litter size
- 7
- taxon author citation
- (Hume, 1871)
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The ground tit, Tibetan ground tit, or Hume's ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) is a bird of the Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas. The peculiar appearance confused ornithologists who in the past variously called it Hume's groundpecker, Hume's ground jay or Tibetan ground jay on the assumption it belonged to the family Corvidae that includes the crows and jays. Although morphologically confusing, the species has since been identified using molecular sequence comparisons as being a member of the tit family (Paridae), and is now treated as the only species in the genus Pseudopodoces. It is found in the Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal & Bhutan.
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