The fire-capped tit is a small, 10 cm (3.9 in) long, weighing about 7 g (0.25 oz) bird species assigned to the family Paridae, that breeds in the temperate forest bordering the Himalayas to the south, in the Hengduan Shan and Nujiang Shan on the Myanmar-China border, the Micah Shan and Daba Shan on the Northern Sichuan border. It winters down hill and further south. Further to the east, birds tend to be smaller and the plumage becomes gradually darker. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Burton, E 1836)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.3, no.34 p.153
Imprint year:
1835
Protonym:
Aegithalus flammiceps
Type locality:
Himalayas; restricted to Mussoorie by Whistler, 1924, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 45, p. 15.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96158#page/331/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
501296F9504A83DB
Avibase ID:
avibase-501296F9
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/501296F9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559106
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Rémiz tête-de-feu ( Cephalopyrus flammiceps) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Fire-capped Tit ( Cephalopyrus flammiceps) [version 1] |
Oriental Bird Club: Fire-capped Tit ( Cephalopyrus flammiceps) [version 1] |
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Species status: full species
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