Black-crested tit
| Black-crested tit | |
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| In Binser - Almora District of Uttrakhand, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Periparus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. a. melanolophus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Periparus ater melanolophus Vigors, 1831
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The black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the spot-winged tit, is a bird in the family Paridae. It was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now widely considered a subspecies of the coal tit.