Lophophanes

Eck, Siegfried, 2006, The Palaearctic Titmouse Species (Aves: Paridae: Parus sensu lato) — A current survey *, Zootaxa 1325, pp. 7-54 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.174040
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6255649
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scientific name	Lophophanes
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Subgenus Lophophanes View in CoL , type species Parus cristatus L., 1758

(Crested Tits)

The kinship relation between the relatively longtailed Crested Tit ( P. cristatus ) and the Greycrested Tit ( P. dichrous ) can in my view be best expressed by the superspecies (see Haffer, in: Glutz v. Blotzheim & Bauer 1993, 13: 365). The two share more characteristics than would be expected, given the obvious difference in coloration. In Martens’ judgment (Löhrl 1991: 11) the sonagram reveals a close similarity of the vocalizations of the two species, but cf. Diesselhorst (1968: 347). Both species are “red”eyed.