Yellow tit

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Yellow tit

The yellow tit (Machlolophus holsti), also known as Taiwan yellow tit and Formosan yellow tit[2] is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is endemic to central Taiwan.

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Yellow tit
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Machlolophus
Species:
M. holsti
Binomial name
Machlolophus holsti
(Seebohm, 1894)
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Synonyms[2]

Parus holsti

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Its natural habitat is montane temperate forest.

It has a restricted range and small population, and appears to be declining due to large-scale capture for export by the wild bird trade, so it is classed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

The yellow tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Machlolophus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade.[3][4]

Its length is 13 cm. The yellow tit is mostly yellow, with a crest. The crest and back are blackish blue-grey.[5]

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