Ground tit
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
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Pseudopodoces Zarudny & Loudon, 1902 |
| Species: | P. humilis |
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Pseudopodoces humilis (Hume, 1871) |
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| Distribution | |
| Synonyms | |
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Podoces humilis Hume, 1871 |
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Podoces humilis Hume, 1871
Parus humilis
The ground tit, Tibetan ground-tit or Hume's ground-tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) is a lark-like bird which lives to the north of the Himalayas. It is also known as Hume's groundpecker. It was formerly thought to belong to the family Corvidae which includes the crows and jays and was called Hume's ground jay or Tibetan ground jay. This species has since been identified as a member of the tit family (Paridae) and is the only species in the genus Pseudopodoces.
P. humilis is somewhat similar to the unrelated ground jays (Podoces) but much smaller – about the size of a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) – and lacks any conspicuous markings. More strongly however, it resembles a wheatear (Oenanthe) in habitus, but lacks black feathers and has a strong and slightly downcurved bill resembling that of a chough (Pyrrhocorax) in shape (though not in colour). Its soft, lax body plumage is extremely cryptic in its natural habitat. The underside is a greyish-fawn in colour, with a tawny hue. The upper parts are mostly a darker fawn-brown, with the central rectrices and the primary remiges a little darker still; the head is colored like the underside, with a darker cap and light nape patch, somewhat reminiscent of some tits and chickadees, especially those from the genera Parus sensu stricto and Periparus. The bill, legs and feet are black. Males and females look alike.
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