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Forms a superspecies with Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus). Previously considered conspecific with Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Alternatively, subspecies ultramarinus and cyrenaicae of Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) may be better included as subspecies of African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae). Further research required.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

• palmensis (Meade-Waldo, 1889)   -  La Palma, in north-western Canary Is. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, La Palma Blue Tit (Parus palmensis).
• ombriosus (Meade-Waldo, 1890)   -  El Hierro (south-western Canaries). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Hierro Blue Tit (Parus ombriosus).
• cyrenaicae (Hartert, 1922)   -  North-eastern Libya. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).
• teneriffae (Lesson, 1831)   -  La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, in central Canary Is.
• ultramarinus (Bonaparte, 1841)   -  North-western Africa from Morocco east to northern Tunisia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).
• degener (Hartert, 1901)   -  Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in eastern Canary Is. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Fuerteventura Blue Tit (Parus degener).
• hedwigae (Dietzen, Garcia-del-Rey, Castro & Wink, 2008)   -  Canary Islands (Gran Canaria).

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