African Bird Club

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Barranco de Río Cabras (Puerto del Rosario), Fuerteventura

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» June, 2015

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Cyanistes teneriffae - African Blue Tit

Bird Species (French)

»Mésange bleue

Bird Family

»Paridae - Tits

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Treated by several authorities as African Blue Tit, Cyanistes teneriffae. This bird belongs to the subspecies Cyanistes teneriffae degener, an endemic of the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, where it is scarce and very local. In any case, recent genetic studies have shown that this subspecies is almost identical to the North African form ultramarinus.