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Part of a species group which includes also Great Tit (Parus major), Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) and White-naped Tit (Machlolophus nuchalis). Forms a superspecies with Great Tit (Parus major), and has been treated as conspecific, but the two interbreed only rarely and locally, and genetic evidence indicates that they are better considered separate species. Paler birds from oases in Transcaspian deserts sometimes separated as subspecies panderi.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Great Tit (Parus major).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• bokharensis M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823   -  South-central Kazakhstan, Ukbekistan, Turkmenia and extreme north-eastern Iran east to northern Afghanistan. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Great Tit (Parus major).
• turkestanicus Zarudny and Loudon, 1905   -  South-eastern Kazakhstan east to extreme north-western China (northern Xinjiang), possibly also extreme south-western Mongolia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Great Tit (Parus major).
• ferghanensis Buturlin, 1912   -  Mountains in Tajikistan (Pamir, Alai) and Kyrgyzstan east to western Tien Shan. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Great Tit (Parus major).

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