Warbla · Library
European Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatus · Family Paridae
Lophophanes cristatus
Family Paridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,317,345
- Countries and territories with records
- 55

About this species
This species has 1,317,345 occurrence records from 55 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (22%), France (16.5%), Spain (10.6%), the Netherlands (10%) and Finland (10%); together they account for 69.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lophophanes cristatus combines the genus name Lophophanes with the species epithet cristatus. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Lophophanes: Lophophanes dichrous.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 61 species of the family Paridae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Poecile atricapillus. Its record count is close to the family average (1,310,770). The family Paridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.