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Eurasian Blue Tit

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:
  9BE53D340F9A4305

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9BE53D34

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9BE53D34


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)
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English:
Eurasian Blue Tit
Catalan:
mallerenga blava eurasiàtica
Czech:
sýkora modřinka
Danish:
Blåmejse
German:
Blaumeise
Spanish:
Herrerillo Común
Spanish (Spain):
Herrerillo Común
Finnish:
sinitiainen
French:
Mésange bleue
Croatian:
Plavetna Sjenica
Hungarian:
Kék cinege
Icelandic:
Blámeisa
Italian:
Cinciarella
Japanese (romaji):
aogara
Japanese:
アオガラ
Lithuanian:
Mėlynoji zylė
Dutch:
Pimpelmees
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blåmeis
Norwegian:
Blåmeis
Polish:
modraszka
Portuguese:
Chapim-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
Chapim-azul
Russian:
Лазоревка
Slovak:
sýkorka belasá
Serbian:
Plava senica
Swedish:
blåmes
Ukrainian:
Синиця блакитна
Chinese:
青山雀
Chinese (Traditional):
歐亞藍山雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eurasian Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Mésange bleue ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
European Blue Tit ( Parus caeruleus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyanistes caeruleus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cyanistes [caeruleus, teneriffae or ultramarinus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Abkhazian: аШшаӷьыч иаүәа , аШшаӷьычиаүәа
Afrikaans: Bloumees
Arabic: قرقف أزرق
Asturian: Beranín ferreru, Ferreirín, Ferrerín
Azerbaijani: Abı arıquşu, abıca, abıca arıquş, Adi arıquşu, göy arıquşu
Bashkir: ҡарабаш турғай, күкбаш турғай, күкәнәш, майгис, майсыл
Belarusian: Ciняя сiнiца, Сініца сіняя, Сіняя сініца
Bulgarian: Син синигер
Breton: Ar galvennig, Kalvennig c'hlas
Catalan: Ferrerico blau, Mallerenga blava, mallerenga blava eurasiàtica
Catalan (Balears): Ferrerico blau
Montenegrin: plava śenica plava sjenica, plava sjenica, плава сјеница
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): плава сјеница
Czech: Sýkora modrinka, Sýkora modřinka, sýkora modřinká
Chuvash: кăвак кăсăя, кăвак кăсăя 1
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, Blaumeise-caeruleus
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκή) Γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα, Γαλαζoπαπαδίτσα, Γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα
English: Blue tit, Common Blue Tit, Eurasian Blue Tit, Eurasian Blue-Tit, European Blue Tit
English, HBW: Eurasian Blue Tit
English (IOC): Eurasian Blue Tit
English (United States): Eurasian Blue Tit
Esperanto: blua paruo
Spanish: Carbonero garrapinos, Herrerillo Comun, Herrerillo Común
Spanish (Spain): Herrerillo Común
Spanish (HBW): Herrerillo común
Estonian: Sinitihane
Basque: Amilotx urdin, Amilotx urdina, Mallerenga blava
Persian: چرخ‌ ریسک سرآبی, چرخ‌ریسک سرآبی
Finnish: Sinitiainen
Faroese: Blátita, blátíta
French: Mésange bleue
Friulian: parussule, parussulin
Frisian: Blaumieske
Irish: Meantán Gorm
Gaelic: Cailleachag a' Chinn Ghuirm, Cailleachag Cheann Ghorm, Cailleachag cheann-ghorm
Galician: Ferreiriño azul, Mallerenga blava
Manx: Drean Gorrym, Kione gorrym
Hebrew: ירגזי כחול, ירגז-י כחול
Croatian: Plavetna Sjenica
Hungarian: Kék cinege
Armenian: [Yerknaguyn Yerashtahav ], Երկնագույն Երաժտահավ, Երկնագույն Երաշտահավ
Icelandic: Blámeisa
Italian: Cinciarella, Cinciarella europea
Japanese (romaji): aogara
Japanese: アオガラ
Georgian: ლურჯდავა წიწკანა, მოლურჯო წივწივა, მოლურჯო წიწკანა
Kara-Kalpak: лазоревка
Kabardian: цӀыжьдадэкъащхъуэ, цӀыжьдадэщӀыху
Kazakh: көгілдір шымшық, Кєкшіл шымшық, көкшіл шымшық
Karachay-Balkar: боран къуш, кеккъун
North Karelian: šinitijani
Cornish: Penpaly, Pen-paly
Kirghiz: көк кашка чымчык
Scientific: Cyanestes caeruleus, Cyanistes caeruleus, Cyanistes caeruleus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus caeruleus
Luxembourgish: Blomees
Lithuanian: Melynoji zyle, Mėlynoji zylė
Latvian: Zilzīlīte
Macedonian: сина сипка, Синоголава сипка
Moldavian: Pițigoi albastru
Maltese: Primavera
Dutch: Pimpelmees
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåmeis
Norwegian: Blåmeis
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): händytiaine
Polish: Modraszka, modraszka (zwyczajna), modraszka zwyczajna, Modraszka zwyczjna, Sikora modra
Portuguese: chapim azul, Chapim-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): Chapim-azul
Romansh: Maset blau
Rhaeto-Romance: Maset blau
Romanian: Pițigoi albastru, Piţigoi albastru
Russian: Лазоревка, Лазоревка обыкновенная, Обыкновенная лазоревка, Синица-лазоревка, Синица-лазоревка - Обыкновенная ла...
Northern Sami: Alitgaccet, Alitoai'gaccet
Slovak: Sýkorka belasá
Slovenian: modra sinica, plavcek, plavček
Albanian: Trishtili i kaltër
Serbian: Plava senica, plava sjenica, sjenica plavic, sjenica plavić, Плава сеница, Плавић
Swedish: Blåmes
Turkmen: asman reňkli jikjiki
Turkish: Mavi Baştankara
Tatar: зәңгәр кош, зәңгәр песнәк
Udmurt: вож пислэг, ӵуж пислег, чучибей, чучыбей
Ukrainian: Голуба синиця, Синиця блакитна
Uzbek: лазоревка читтаги
Chinese: 青山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 歐亞藍山雀

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