Blue tit

In his 1758 work Systema naturae, Linnaeus described the bird we know as the blue tit under the name Parus caeruleus. The genus is now Cyanistes as evidence suggests that the blue tit is not particularly closely related to other Parus species.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
151/1987
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Birds
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Common Name
blue tit
Simple Name
bird

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PARIDAE: Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus):  blue tit