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Cyanistes 
Blue Tit Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae Genus: Cyanistes
Kaup, 1829species C. caeruleus
C. cyanus
C. flavipectusCyanistes is a genus of tits. It is frequently subsumed into Parus. It consists of three small species found in temperate Europe and Asia and Northern Africa
The species are:
- Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
- Azure Tit, Cyanistes cyanus
- Yellow-breasted Tit, Cyanistes flavipectus
- White-fronted Tit, Cyanistes semilarvatus
- Varied Tit, Cyanistes varius
References
- 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
- Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
Categories:- Paridae
- Genera of birds
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