About the Azure Tit
The azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) is a species of Eurasian birds in the order of passeriformes in the family Paridae. This small species is the only member of the family Paridae to have a white cap, and was described in 1770 by Peter Simon Pallas. Its closest cousins are the blue tit and the African blue tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout Russia, Central Asia, northwest China, Manchuria, and Pakistan.There are some records of the species in other parts of Europe, including in Finland, Sweden, Poland and Austria.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Cyanistes cyanus
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the tits, chickadees, and titmice family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Asian Tit Parus cinereus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri
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