Blue tit

Blue tit
Blue Tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paridae
Genus:	Cyanistes Kaup, 1829
species
C. caeruleus C. cyanus C. flavipectus

Cyanistes is a genus of tits. It is frequently subsumed into Parus. It consists of a number of small species found in temperate Europe and Asia and Northern Africa

The species are:

• Eurasian Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
• Azure Tit, Cyanistes cyanus
  • Yellow-breasted Tit, Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus
• Palma Blue Tit, Cyanistes palmensis
• Libyan Blue Tit, Cyanistes cyrenaicae
• Canary Blue Tit, Cyanistes teneriffae
• Ultramarine Tit, Cyanistes ultramarinus

Cyanis rosopteryx is a fictional bio-luminescent variant appearing in the film Journey to the Center of the Earth.

References

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
• Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers ISBN 0-7136-3964-4

This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.