Sichuan tit

Sichuan tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paridae
Genus:	Poecile
Species:	P. weigoldicus
Binomial name
	Poecile weigoldicus; (Kleinschmidt & Weigold, 1921)
	Sichuan tit distribution
Synonyms
	Poecile montanus weigoldicus

The Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in central China.

This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the willow tit (Poecile montanus). It was promoted to species status based on a genetic analysis published in 2002.^[1]^[2] It is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[3]

References[]

^ Salzburger, Walter; Martens, Jochen; Nazarenko, Alexander A.; Sun, Yua-Hue; Dallinger, Reinhard; Sturmbauer, Christian (2002). "Phylogeography of the Eurasian Willow Tit (Parus montanus) based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 24 (1): 26–34. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00266-X.
^ Eck, S.; Martens, J. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 49. A preliminary review of the Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–5: 1–63 [18–19].
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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[1] Salzburger, Walter; Martens, Jochen; Nazarenko, Alexander A.; Sun, Yua-Hue; Dallinger, Reinhard; Sturmbauer, Christian (2002). "Phylogeography of the Eurasian Willow Tit (Parus montanus) based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 24 (1): 26–34. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00266-X.

[2] Eck, S.; Martens, J. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 49. A preliminary review of the Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–5: 1–63 [18–19].

[ioc-3] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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