Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus] (Eurasian or African Blue Tit)

Eurasian or African Blue Tit

Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus] (= Cyanistes caeruleus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The Eurasian blue tit is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is easily recognisable by its blue and yellow plumage and small size. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Paridae
Genus:
   Cyanistes
Scientific:
  Cyanistes caeruleus

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.190

Protonym:
Parus caeruleus

Type locality:
Sweden.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/210/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
07A64C9D48A8BEC0

Avibase ID:
avibase-07A64C9D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/07A64C9D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559612

Geographic range:

Cyanistes caeruleus caeruleus: continental Europe to northern Spain, Sicily, northern Türkiye, and northern Urals
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus: Ireland, Britain, and Channel Islands
Cyanistes caeruleus balearicus: Majorca Island (Balearic Islands)
Cyanistes caeruleus satunini: Crimean Peninsula, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, and northwestern Iran to eastern Türkiye
Cyanistes caeruleus orientalis: southern European Russia (Volga River to central and southern Ural Mountains)
Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae: Portugal, southern Spain, Corsica, and Sardinia
Cyanistes caeruleus calamensis: southern Greece, Pelopónnisos, Cyclades, Crete, and Rhodes
Cyanistes caeruleus raddei: northern Iran
Cyanistes caeruleus persicus: southwestern Iran (Zagros Mountains)
Cyanistes ultramarinus ultramarinus: northwestern Africa (Morocco to Tunisia) and Pantelleria Island (southern Italy)
Cyanistes ultramarinus cyrenaicae: Libya
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Eurasian or African Blue Tit
French:
Mésange bleue ou M. maghrébine

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus])
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Common Blue Tit ( Cyanestes caeruleus) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Common Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus]

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Other synonyms

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Asturian: Ferreirín
Azerbaijani: Adi arıquşu
Belarusian: Сіняя сініца
Bulgarian: Син синигер
Breton: Ar galvennig
Catalan: Mallerenga blava
Catalan (Balears): Ferrerico blau
Czech: sýkora modřinká
Welsh: Titw tomos las
Danish: Blåmejse
German: Blaumeise
Greek: Γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα
English: Common Blue Tit, Eurasian Blue Tit, Eurasian or African Blue Tit
Esperanto: blua paruo
Spanish: Herrerillo Común
Estonian: Sinitihane
Basque: Amilotx urdina
Finnish: sinitiainen
Faroese: Blátita
French: Mésange bleue, Mésange bleue ou M. maghrébine
Irish: Meantán Gorm
Gaelic: Cailleachag Cheann Ghorm
Galician: Ferreiriño azul
Manx: Drean Gorrym
Hebrew: ירגזי כחול
Croatian: Plavetna Sjenica
Hungarian: Kék cinege
Armenian: Երկնագույն Երաժտահավ
Icelandic: Blámeisa
Italian: Cinciarella
Japanese (romaji): aogara
Japanese: アオガラ
Georgian: ლურჯდავა წიწკანა
Kazakh: Кєкшіл шымшық
Cornish: Pen-paly
Scientific: Cyanestes caeruleus, Cyanistes [caeruleus or ultramarinus], Cyanistes caeruleus, Cyanistes caeruleus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus
Luxembourgish: Blomees
Lithuanian: Mėlynoji zylė
Latvian: Zilzīlīte
Macedonian: Синоголава сипка
Maltese: Primavera
Dutch: Pimpelmees
Norwegian: Blåmeis
Polish: modraszka
Portuguese: Chapim-azul
Romansh: Maset blau
Romanian: Pițigoi albastru
Russian: Лазоревка
Northern Sami: Alitoai'gaccet
Slovak: sýkorka belasá
Slovenian: plavček
Albanian: Trishtili i kaltër
Serbian: sjenica plavić
Swedish: Blåmes
Turkish: Mavi Baştankara
Ukrainian: Голуба синиця
Chinese: 青山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 歐亞藍山雀