Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) - HBW 12, p. 725
French: Mésange huppée
German: Haubenmeise
Spanish: Herrerillo Capuchino
Other common names: Crested Tit
Taxonomy: Parus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Relationship with L. dichrous uncertain; further study needed. Both were previously considered, on grounds mainly of morphology, to have close affinity with Baeolophus wollweberi. Has hybridized with Periparus ater. Geographical variation largely clinal; races weigoldi, abadiei and mitratus intergrade widely in W Europe; baschkirikus and bureschi are poorly differentiated from nominate, and considered by some to fall wi.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Parus cristatus Linnaeus,1758. Sweden.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Relationship with L. dichrous uncertain; further study needed. Both were previously considered, on grounds mainly of morphology, to have close affinity with Baeolophus wollweberi. Has hybridized with Periparus ater. Geographical variation largely clinal; races weigoldi, abadiei and mitratus intergrade widely in W Europe; baschkirikus and bureschi are poorly differentiated from nominate, and considered by some to fall within range of variation of latter. Seven subspecies recognized.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Relationship with L. dichrous uncertain; further study needed. Both were previously considered, on grounds mainly of morphology, to have close affinity with Baeolophus wollweberi. Has hybridized with Periparus ater. Geographical variation largely clinal; races weigoldi, abadiei and mitratus intergrade widely in W Europe; baschkirikus and bureschi are poorly differentiated from nominate, and considered by some to fall within range of variation of latter. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scoticus Prazák, 1897 - NC Scotland.
- abadiei (Jouard, 1929) - W France.
- weigoldi (Tratz, 1914) - W & S Iberia.
- scoticus Prazák, 1897 - NC Scotland.
- abadiei (Jouard, 1929) - W France.
- weigoldi (Tratz, 1914) - W & S Iberia.
- cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - N & E Europe S to Carpathian Mts.
- baschkirikus Snigirewski, 1931 - SW & C Urals.
- mitratus (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - C Europe S to NE Spain, Alps, Croatia and N Serbia.
- bureschi (Jordans, 1940) - Albania E to Bulgaria, and N & C Greece.
- Least Concern
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Both adults are arriving in turns to the nest to feed the chicks, which stay there calling when the adult leaves. Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp mitratus)
Thomas Voekler 6 May 2008 1 year ago 50 sec 4.7 -
A bird at a feeder. Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 14 February 2009 1 year ago 21 sec 4.2 -
The last young bird leaves the nest cavity, and climbs up the tree stem to the tip. Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp mitratus)
Thomas Voekler 6 May 2008 44 weeks ago 40 sec 4 -
A nest. Parents going in and out. Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 May 2008 1 year ago 37 sec 4 -
A bird at a feeder, picking peanuts. Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 27 February 2010 26 weeks ago 23 sec 3.6 -
A nest. The parents go in and out frantically. Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 July 2007 1 year ago 42 sec 3.4
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An adult in the hand. Valldoreix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp mitratus)
Alberto Soria 28 August 1990 39 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult in the hand. Valldoreix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp mitratus)
Alberto Soria 28 August 1990 39 weeks ago 3.8 -
A crested tit on a pine tree Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 13 March 2010 24 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird in the forest. Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp mitratus)
Fran Trabalon 16 March 2008 36 weeks ago 3 -
An adult crested tit arrives in the cavity of a cherry-tree (Prunus cerasus). Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp mitratus)
Thomas Voekler 26 April 2008 1 year ago 2.8 -
carrying nest material Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 20 March 2001 1 year ago 2.3
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Calls of foraging birds Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, UK
(ssp scoticus)
Stuart Fisher 5 August 2002 32 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of a flock while foraging on a tree Vistabella del Maestrat, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(ssp mitratus)
Carlos Fabregat 3 January 2010 17 weeks ago 3 -
Various calls of a family group Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, UK
(ssp scoticus)
Stuart Fisher 12 August 2006 33 weeks ago 2.5 -
Short sequences of song of a distant bird Vistabella del Maestrat, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(ssp mitratus)
Carlos Fabregat 14 February 2009 35 weeks ago 2
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