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Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea)

Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea)
Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea)

About Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Chickadees and Titmice

The sultan tit is an Asian forest bird with black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts, dark bill, and a yellow or black crest. The sexes are similar, though the female has slightly duller plumage with greenish-black upperparts and 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 other tits, third-basal in the family Paridae after Cephalopyrus and Sylviparus.

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