Periparus

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Distinguish|Peripatus}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Parus ater 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg

| image_caption = Coal tit, Periparus ater

| taxon = Periparus

| authority = de Sélys-Longchamps, 1884

| type_species = Parus ater{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=159 |title= Paridae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| range_map = Periparus distribution map.png

| range_map_caption = Range of Periparus

}}

Periparus is a genus of birds in the tit family. The birds in the genus were formerly included in Parus but were moved to Periparus when Parus was split into several resurrected genera following the publication of a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2005.{{ cite journal | last1=Gill | first1=F.B. | last2=Slikas | first2=B. | last3=Sheldon | first3=F.H. | year=2005 | title=Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene | journal=Auk | volume=122 | pages=121–143 | doi=10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid=86067032 }}{{ cite journal | last1=Johansson | first1=U.S. | last2=Ekman | first2=J. | last3=Bowie | first3=R.C.K. | last4=Halvarsson | first4=P. | last5=Ohlson | first5=J.I. | last6=Price | first6=T.D. | last7=Ericson | first7=P.G.P. | year=2013 | title=A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=69 | issue=3 | pages=852–860 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019 | pmid=23831453| bibcode=2013MolPE..69..852J }} The name Periparus had been introduced for a subgenus of Parus that included the coal tit by the Belgium naturalist Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1884.{{ cite journal | last=Selys Longchamps | first=E. | author-link=Edmond de Sélys Longchamps | year=1884 | title=Considérations sur le genre mésange (Parus) | journal=Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France | volume=9 | pages=32–78 [43, 59] | language=French | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35675467 }} The genus name, is Ancient Greek peri plus the pre-existing genus Parus.{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n298 298]}}

The genus contains the following species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits | work=World Bird List Version 6.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxwings/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| accessdate= 15 February 2016 }}

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Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
120px	Periparus rufonuchalis	Rufous-naped tit or black-breasted tit	India, China, Pakistan, Turkestan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan
120px	Periparus rubidiventris	Rufous-vented tit	Bhutan, China, Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Nepal
120px	Periparus ater	Coal tit	subtropical Eurasia and northern Africa.

All occur in Asia; the coal tit also has a wide range in Europe and North Africa. These birds have white cheeks and most have a tufted head.