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
