Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
Siberian Tit (Poecile cinctus) - HBW 12, p. 717
French: Mésange lapone
German: Lapplandmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Lapón
Other common names: Alaskan Tit, Taiga/Grey/Grey-headed Chickadee (lathami)
Taxonomy: Parus cinctus Boddaert, 1783, Siberia.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Genus normally treated as feminine, but no evidence in original description or elsewhere justifies this, so genus is masculine by default. Forms a superspecies with P. hudsonicus and P. rufescens, and all have sometimes been treated as conspecific. Regularly hybridizes with P. montanus. Races intergrade, and boundaries between them poorly defined; ranges listed are provisional. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lapponicus ( Lundahl, 1848) - Fennoscandia (except S) and N European Russia.
- cinctus ( Boddaert, 1783) - NE European Russia and Siberia E to Bering Sea and Kamchatka, S to L Baikal and NC Mongolia.
- sayanus Sushkin, 1904 - S Siberia (Altai E to S Baikal area) and NW Mongolia.
- lathami ( Stephens, 1817) - NW USA (W & N Alaska) and NW Canada.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird attending a feeder. Locality Kaamanen, Inari, Lapland Province, Finland (ssp lapponicus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of a bird on a feeder. Locality Kaamanen, Inari, Lapland Province, Finland (ssp lapponicus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A bird attending a feeder. Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland (ssp lapponicus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of a bird Locality Inari, Lapland Province, Finland
Javier Ortas 13 June 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch, eating a seed using its feet and flying away. Locality Kaamanen, Inari, Lapland Province, Finland (ssp lapponicus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
An individual attending a feeder several times (then at 50% speed). Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland (ssp lapponicus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 3.8
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Perched for a few seconds before continuing its search for seeds and other food items.
Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway (ssp lapponicus)
Henrik Bringsøe 9 March 2013 9 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia
Alexdersu 10 April 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Adult bird, seen slightly from below, sitting on a twig.
Locality Klutsjön, Dalarna County, Sweden (ssp lapponicus )
Pia Öberg 5 April 2008 1 year ago 3.9 -
A very active bird looking for seeds.
Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway (ssp lapponicus)
Henrik Bringsøe 9 March 2013 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
An individual in a Scotish Pine forest.
Locality Oppland County, Norway (ssp laponnicus)
Fran Trabalon 30 July 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
A breeding bird.
Locality Øvre Pasvik National Park, Finnmark County, Norway
benoit nabholz 16 June 2010 2 years ago 3.3
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