Parus
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| Parus | |
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| Great Tit Parus major | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Parus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | |
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Parus is a genus of Old World birds in the tit family. As defined here, it contains the following species:
- Genus Parus
- White-shouldered Black Tit Parus guineensis, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- White-winged Black Tit Parus leucomelas, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Southern Black Tit Parus niger, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Carp's Tit Parus carpi, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- White-bellied Tit Parus albiventris, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- White-backed Black Tit Parus leuconotus, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Dusky Tit Parus funereus, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Rufous-bellied Tit Parus rufiventris, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Red-throated Tit Parus fringillinus, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Stripe-breasted Tit Parus fasciiventer, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Acacia Tit Parus thruppi, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Miombo Tit Parus griseiventris, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Grey Tit Parus afer, sometimes separated in Melaniparus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Turkestan Tit Parus major bokharensis (formerly treated as separate species)
- Japanese Tit Parus minor (often included in P. major)
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis
- Himalayan Black-lored Tit Parus xanthogenys, sometimes separated in Macholophus
- Indian Black-lored Tit Parus aplonotus, sometimes separated in Macholophus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus
- Yellow Tit Parus holsti, sometimes separated in Macholophus
- White-fronted Tit Parus semilarvatus, sometimes separated in Sittiparus
- Varied Tit, Parus varius, sometimes separated in Sittiparus or Poecile
This genus and related genera are controversial. The species, from White-shouldered Tit to Grey Tit, are sometimes separated as the genus Melaniparus, and the Yellow Tit and the Black-lored Tit are sometimes separated as Macholophus. On the other hand, many authorities expand this genus to include Cyanistes, Lophophanes, Periparus, and Poecile.
Fossil record
Parus robustus (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) [1]
Parus parvulus (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) [2]
Parus medius (Pliocene of Beremend, Hungary) [3]
References
- ↑ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
- ↑ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
- ↑ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
- Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122: 121-143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
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