The rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis), also known as the black-breasted tit or dark-grey tit, is an Asian songbird species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). It was sometimes considered conspecific with the rufous-vented tit (P. rubidiventris), and was formerly placed in the genus Parus.[2]

Rufous-naped tit
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Periparus
Species:
P. rufonuchalis
Binomial name
Periparus rufonuchalis
(Blyth, 1849)
Range of Periparus rufonuchalis
Synonyms

Parus rufonuchalis Blyth, 1849

This tit is a native of the western Himalayas, but has a very large range, occurring in parts of India, China, Pakistan, Turkestan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan. Widespread and common, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[3]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Periparus rufonuchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22711775A94308236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711775A94308236.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill et al. (2005)
  3. ^ BLI (2008)

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