Sichuan tit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paridae |
Genus: | Poecile |
Species: | P. weigoldicus
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Binomial name | |
Poecile weigoldicus (
Kleinschmidt, 1921)
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Sichuan tit distribution | |
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The Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to central China. [1]
This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the willow tit (Poecile montanus). It was promoted to species status based on a genetic analysis published in 2002. [2] [3] It is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [4]
Sichuan tit is found in Sichuan, south-eastern Qinghai, and north-western Yunnan provinces. It occurs in a variety of habitats, such as coniferous, mixed and mature deciduous forests, woodland edge, scrub, and urban parks and gardens at altitudes of 0–4,275 m (0–14,026 ft) above sea level. [1]