Sultan tit

Sultan tit
From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, India.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Melanochlora
Lesson, 1839
Species:
M. sultanea
Binomial name
Melanochlora sultanea
sultan tit distribution

The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts. The sexes are similar. The female has greenish-black upperparts and a yellowish throat. The young bird is duller than the adult and has a shorter crest. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Melanochlora, which is fairly distinct from the Parus tits with the nearest relative being the monotypic Sylviparus.[5]

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  2. ^ Hodgson, B.H. (1837). "Indication of some new forms belonging to the Parianae. (part 1)". India Rev. 2 (1): 30–34.
  3. ^ Dickinson, E.C. (2003). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 38. The McClelland drawings and a reappraisal of the 1835–36 survey of the birds of Assam" (PDF). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 344: 63–106.
  4. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Loskot, V.M.; Morioka, H.; Somadikarta, S. & van den Elzen, R. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 50. Types of the Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–5: 65–111.
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