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Crested Tit

Lophophanes cristatus

3,640Records since 2000
JunePeak month
5Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan210
Feb289
Mar226
Apr415
May389
Jun457
Jul351
Aug317
Sep304
Oct224
Nov183
Dec169

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland3,369
2Moray Scotland206
3Aberdeenshire Scotland38
4Cumbria England1
5Aberdeen City Scotland1
1 England3,635 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,640
Peak month
June
Counties with records
5
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lophophanes cristatus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
660
Most recorded in
Highland, Moray
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Paridae
Genus
Lophophanes
Name with authority
Lophophanes cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q207831 · GBIF 2487883