Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Paridae
Genus
Cyanistes
eBird Code
blutit

Subspecies (9)

  • Cyanistes caeruleus balearicus

    Majorca Island (Balearic Islands)

  • Cyanistes caeruleus caeruleus

    continental Europe to northern Spain, Sicily, northern Türkiye, and northern Urals

  • Cyanistes caeruleus calamensis

    southern Greece, Pelopónnisos, Cyclades, Crete, and Rhodes

  • Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus

    Ireland, Britain, and Channel Islands

  • Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae

    Portugal, southern Spain, Corsica, and Sardinia

  • Cyanistes caeruleus orientalis

    southern European Russia (Volga River to central and southern Ural Mountains)

  • Cyanistes caeruleus persicus

    southwestern Iran (Zagros Mountains)

  • Cyanistes caeruleus raddei

    northern Iran

  • Cyanistes caeruleus satunini

    Crimean Peninsula, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, and northwestern Iran to eastern Türkiye

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.