Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys)

Other Names (World)
Black-lored Tit, Black-lored Yellow Tit, Black-spotted Tit, Indian Yellow Tit (aplonotus), Himalayan Black-lored Tit

Family
Paridae (Tits And Chickadees)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 600 - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

India, Nepal, Pakistan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Himalayan Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys) [XC790383]
by eloisa matheu from Kakani, Sindhupalchok, Bagmati Province, Nepal (song)

Himalayan Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys) [XC319215]
by Oscar Campbell from Bhimtal, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus spilonotus), and has in the past been considered conspecific. Subspecies aplonotus and travancoreensis have been treated as representing one or, alternatively, two separate species. They intergrade in Western Ghats (between Konkan and Hassan), in west of range, where intermediates described as additional subspecies, xanthonotus.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

xanthogenys (Vigors, 1831) - North-western and central Himalayas from northern India east to eastern Nepal.
aplonotus Blyth, 1847 - Central India. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus aplonotus).
travancoreensis (Whistler and Kinnear, 1932) - Western Ghats, in western peninsular India. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Indian Black-lored Tit (Machlolophus aplonotus).

References
See References.

Files:

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