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Blue or African Blue Tit

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




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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:
  14CA6F72858B8F9D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-14CA6F72

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/14CA6F72


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 teneriffae teneriffae: Canary Islands (Gomera and Tenerife)
  • Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigii: Canary Islands (Gran Canaria)
  • Cyanistes ultramarinus ultramarinus: northwestern Africa (Morocco to Tunisia) and Pantelleria Island (southern Italy)
  • Cyanistes ultramarinus cyrenaicae: Libya
  • Cyanistes degener: eastern Canary Islands (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote)
  • Cyanistes ombriosus: Hierro Island (southwestern Canary Islands)
  • Cyanistes palmensis: La Palma Island (western Canary Islands)
  • Show more...
English:
Blue or African Blue Tit
French:
Mésange bleue ou M. des Canaries


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or teneriffae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or teneriffae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or teneriffae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus or teneriffae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Blue or African Blue Tit ( Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Mésange bleue ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Parus caeruleus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Parus caeruleus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Parus caeruleus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanistes caeruleus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Asturian: Ferreirín
Azerbaijani: Adi arıquşu
Belarusian: Сіняя сініца
Bulgarian: Син синигер
Breton: Ar galvennig
Catalan: Ferrerico blau, Mallerenga blava
Catalan (Balears): Ferrerico blau
Czech: sýkora modøinka, Sýkora modrinka, Sýkora modřinka, sýkora modřinká
Welsh: Glas bach y wal, Glas dwl, Glas y pared, Pela glas bach, Perla, Titw tomos las, Yswidw las fach, Yswigw
Danish: Blåmejse
German: Blaumeise
Greek: Γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα
English: Blue or African Blue Tit, Blue Tit, Blue titmouse, Eurasian Blue Tit, Eurasian Blue-Tit, European Blue Tit, Fuerteventura Blue Tit, North African Blue Tit, Palma Blue Tit, Tenerife Blue Tit, Tenerife Tit
Esperanto: blua paruo
Spanish: Carbonero garrapinos, Herrerillo Común
Estonian: Sinitihane
Basque: Amilotx urdina, Mallerenga blava
Finnish: Sinitiainen
Faroese: Blátita
French: Mésange bleue, Mésange bleue ou M. des Canaries, Mésange bleue ou M. nord-africaine, Mésange de Fuerteventura, Mésange de Palma, Mésange de Ténérife, Mésange maghrébine
Irish: Meantán Gorm
Gaelic: Cailleachag a' Chinn Ghuirm, Cailleachag Cheann Ghorm
Galician: Ferreiriño azul, Mallerenga blava
Manx: Drean Gorrym
Hebrew: ירגזי כחול, ירגז-י כחול
Croatian: Plavetna Sjenica
Hungarian: Kék cinege
Armenian: [Yerknaguyn Yerashtahav ], Երկնագույն Երաժտահավ, Երկնագույն Երաշտահավ
Icelandic: Blámeisa
Italian: Cinciarella
Japanese (romaji): aogara
Japanese: アオガラ
Georgian: ლურჯდავა წიწკანა, მოლურჯო წივწივა, მოლურჯო წიწკანა
Kazakh: Кєкшіл шымшық
Cornish: Pen-paly
Scientific: Cyanistes [caeruleus or teneriffae], Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus], Cyanistes caeruleus, Cyanistes caeruleus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus caeruleus
Luxembourgish: Blomees
Lithuanian: Melynoji zyle, Mėlynoji zylė
Latvian: Zilzīlīte
Macedonian: Синоголава сипка
Maltese: Primavera
Dutch: Pimpelmees
Norwegian: Blåmeis
Polish: modraszka, Modraszka zwyczjna, Sikora modra
Portuguese: chapim azul, Chapim-azul
Romansh: Maset blau
Romanian: Pițigoi albastru
Russian: Лазоревка, Лазоревка обыкновенная, Обыкновенная лазоревка, Синица-лазоревка, Синица-лазоревка - Обыкновенная ла...
Northern Sami: Alitoai'gaccet
Slovak: Sýkorka belasá
Slovenian: modra sinica, plavcek, plavček
Albanian: Trishtili i kaltër
Serbian: plava sjenica, sjenica plavic, sjenica plavić, Плава сеница, Плавић
Swedish: Blåmes
Turkish: Mavi Baştankara
Ukrainian: Голуба синиця, Синиця блакитна
Chinese: 青山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 歐亞藍山雀

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