see text Poecile is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae.

[2] The genus Poecile was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829.

[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the marsh tit (Poecile palustris) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1842.

A related word poikilidos denoted an unidentified small bird.

[6] It has traditionally been treated as feminine (giving name endings such as cincta); however, this was not specified by the original genus author Johann Jakob Kaup, and under the ICZN the genus name must therefore be treated by default as masculine, giving name endings such as cinctus.