Black-crested tit

Short description: Subspecies of bird

Periparus ater melanolophus

In Binser - Almora District of Uttrakhand, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Paridae
Genus:  | Periparus
Species:  |

P. ater

Subspecies:  |

P. a. melanolophus

Trinomial name
Periparus ater melanolophus

Vigors, 1831

Synonyms

* Periparus melanolophus
* Parus melanolophus

The black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the spot-winged tit, is a bird in the family Paridae.[1] It was formerly considered a distinct species,[2] but is now considered a subspecies of the coal tit.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution and habitat
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 Gallery
* 4 References

## Distribution and habitat

It is found in boreal forests and temperate forests in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, in the Hindu Kush, Karakorum, and western Himalaya ranges, from northeastern Afghanistan, through northern Pakistan and northwestern India to western Nepal.[2]

## Taxonomy

The black-crested tit was formerly considered its own species closely related to the coal tit, but the two are now considered conspecific based on similar calls and behaviour, along with paraphyly of the traditional coal tit if black-crested tit is excluded.[4] It intergrades with another coal tit subspecies P. a. aemodius in west-central Nepal.[5]

## Gallery

* in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

* carrying nesting material in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

* carrying feed for chicks in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

## References

1. ↑ Löhrl, Hans; Thielcke, Gerhard (1973-04-01). "Alarmlaute europäischer und nordafrikanischer Tannenmeisen (Parus ater ater, P. ater atlas, P. ater ledouci) und der Schwarzschopfmeise (P. melanolophus)" (in de). Journal für Ornithologie 114 (2): 250–252. doi:10.1007/BF01641174. ISSN 1439-0361. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01641174.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harrap, Simon (1996-01-01). Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers. London: A&C Black. pp. 76–77, 299–302. ISBN 0-7136-3964-4.
3. ↑ Wolfgramm, Hannes; Martens, Jochen; Töpfer, Till; Vamberger, Melita; Pathak, Abhinaya; Stuckas, Heiko; Päckert, Martin (December 2021). "Asymmetric allelic introgression across a hybrid zone of the coal tit (Periparus ater) in the central Himalayas" (in en). Ecology and Evolution 11 (23): 17332–17351. doi:10.1002/ece3.8369. ISSN 2045-7758. PMID 34938512. Bibcode: 2021EcoEv..1117332W.
4. ↑ Martens, J.; Tietze, D. T.; Sun, Yue-Hua (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of Parus (Periparus), a Eurasian radiation of tits (Aves: Passeriformes: Paridae)". Zoologische Abhandlungen 55: 103–120. http://www.dieterthomastietze.de/pub/349.pdf. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
5. ↑ Eck, S.; Martens, J. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 49. A preliminary review of the Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 80 (5): 1-63. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/209958/ZM80-05_001-064.pdf. Retrieved 11 April 2026.

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