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Sultan tit
| Sultan tit | |
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| From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Melanochlora Lesson, 1839 |
| Species: | M. sultanea
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanochlora sultanea | |
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| sultan tit distribution | |
The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts. The sexes are similar. The female has greenish-black upperparts and a yellowish throat. The young bird is duller than the adult and has a shorter crest. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Melanochlora, which is fairly distinct from the Parus tits with the nearest relative being the monotypic Sylviparus.[5]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melanochlora sultanea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712001A94314686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712001A94314686.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Hodgson, B.H. (1837). "Indication of some new forms belonging to the Parianae. (part 1)". India Rev. 2 (1): 30–34.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C. (2003). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 38. The McClelland drawings and a reappraisal of the 1835–36 survey of the birds of Assam" (PDF). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 344: 63–106.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Loskot, V.M.; Morioka, H.; Somadikarta, S. & van den Elzen, R. (2006). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 50. Types of the Aegithalidae, Remizidae and Paridae". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–5: 65–111.
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