Parus caeruleus

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Description

Family Paridae

A large Family of small stocky woodland passerine birds with short stout bills. They nest in holes , and lay white speckled eggs .

Habitat

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.4Forest - Temperate 3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Parus

There are approximately 320 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. (Cyanistes) caeruleus · P. (Cyanistes) cyanus · P. (Pentheres) insignis · P. aemodius · P. afer (Southern Grey Tit) · P. afer afer (Southern Grey Tit) · P. afer barakae · P. afer benguelae · P. afer cinerascens · P. afer thruppi · P. albiventris (White-Breasted Tit) · P. albiventris albiventris · P. albiventris curtus · P. amabilis (Palawan Tit) · P. ater (Coal Tit) · P. ater aemodius · P. ater ater (Coal Tit) · P. ater atlas · P. ater britannicus · P. ater cypriotes · P. ater derjugini · P. ater gaddi · P. ater hibernicus · P. ater insularis · P. ater kuatunensis · P. ater ledouci · P. ater michalowskii · P. ater pekinensis · P. ater phaeonotus · P. ater ptilosus · P. ater rufipectus · P. ater sardus · P. atlas · P. atricapilla · P. atricapillis atricapillus · P. atricapillus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus atricapillus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus bartletti (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus fortuitus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus garrinus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus nevadensis (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus occidentalis (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus practicus (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus septentrionalis (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapillus turneri (Black-Capped Chickadee) · P. atricapilus · P. atricristatus · P. atricristatus atricristatus · P. atricristatus dysleptus · P. atricristatus paloduro · P. atricristatus sennetti · P. beavani · P. bicolor (Black-Crested Titmouse) · P. bicolor atricristatus · P. bicolor bicolor (Black-Crested Titmouse) · P. bicolor dysleptus · P. bicolor sennetti · P. bokarensis · P. bokharensis (Turkestan Tit) · P. bokharensis bokharensis (Turkestan Tit) · P. bokharensis turkestanicus · P. borealis · P. borealis forma tischleri Kleinschmidt, 1917 · P. caerulerus · P. caeruleus · P. caeruleus caeruleus · P. caeruleus calamensis · P. caeruleus cyrenaicae · P. caeruleus degener · P. caeruleus forma touraudericus Bacmeister & Kleinschmidt, 1920 · P. caeruleus obscurus · P. caeruleus ogliastrae · P. caeruleus ombriosus · P. caeruleus palmensis · P. caeruleus persicus · P. caeruleus raddei · P. caeruleus teneriffae · P. caeruleus ultramarinus · P. caerulus · P. caroinensis · P. carolinensis (North Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis agilis (Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis atricapilloides (Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis carolinensis (North Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis extimus (Carolina Chickadee) · P. carolinensis impiger (Carolina Chickadee) · P. cinctus (Gray-Headed Chickadee) · P. cinctus cinctus (Gray-Headed Chickadee) · P. cinctus lapponicus · P. cinctus lathami (Siberian Tit) · P. cinerascens · P. cinerascens cinerascens · P. cinereus · P. coeruleus · P. coeruleus balearicus · P. commixtus · P. communis · P. communis jeholicus · P. corsus · P. cristatus (Crested Tit)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 18 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12620
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14370293
• IUCN ID: 52113
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 632489

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