Cyanistes
| Cyanistes | |
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| Blue tit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: |
Cyanistes Kaup, 1829 |
| species | |
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C. caeruleus |
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C. caeruleus
C. teneriffae
C. cyanus
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 International Ornithologists' Union and the British Ornithologists' Union.
The genus contains three species:
The name Cyanistes was introduced for the subgenus by the German naturalist Jakob Kaup in 1829. The word comes from the classical Greek kuanos meaning dark-blue.
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