Elegant Tit

Taxobox
name = Elegant Tit


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paridae
genus = "Periparus"
species = "P. elegans"
binomial = "Periparus elegans"
binomial_authority = Lesson, 1831
synonyms = "Parus elegans"
"Pardaliparus elegans"The Elegant Tit ("Periparus elegans") is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. The species was formerly included in the much larger genus "Parus", and some authorities have suggested that along with the closely related Palawan Tit and Yellow-bellied Tit it should be placed in a new genus, "Pardaliparus". The species has nine recognised subspecies, one of which, the race "P. e. panayensis" from Panay, is potentially a separate species.It is endemic to the Philippines, ranging across most of the islands.

The Elegant Tit resembles the Palawan Tit, having a black head and neck, and a yellow belly, breast. The Wings are pied black and white, as is the back of the male, that of the female is olive. The species varies from the Palawan Tit in having a yellow cheek and a yellow line on the back of the head.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52094/all Parus elegans] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
* Gosler, A. & P. Clement (2007) "Family Paridae (Tits and Chickadees)" P.p. 662-709. "in" del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). "Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees". Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422