Lophophanes
Sign in to saveLophophanes is a small genus of birds in the tit family Paridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParidae
Observations recorded1,317,226
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Paridae
- Collections
- NHMUK, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - BIRD DIVISION, COLUMBUS, OH (OSUM)
- Recorded in
- China, United States, India
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Lophophanes is a small genus of birds in the tit family Paridae.
==Taxonomy== The genus Lophophanes was introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup with Parus cristatus, Linnaeus, 1758, as the type species. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek lophos, "crest", and phaino, "to show". The genus was formerly synonymised with the genus Parus 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.
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