Classification

Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.189

Protonym:
  Parus major

Type locality:
  Europe.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/209/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1FA195499B7B846B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1FA19549

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1FA19549

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 561864

Geographic range:

• Parus major major: Europe to northwestern Iran, Siberia, Lake Baikal, and Altai and Sayan mountains
• Parus major [kapustini or bargaensis]: northwestern China (northwestern Xinjiang) to Mongolia and eastern Siberia
• Parus major excelsus: northwestern Africa (Morocco to Tunisia)
• Parus major corsus: Iberian Peninsula and Corsica
• Parus major ecki: Sardinia
• Parus major newtoni: British Isles
• Parus major aphrodite: southern Italy, Sicily, southern Greece, and Mediterranean islands including Cyprus
• Parus major mallorcae: Balearic Islands
• Parus major niethammeri: Crete
• Parus major terraesanctae: northwestern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan
• Parus major [blanfordi or karelini]: northern Iraq and Iran
• Parus major intermedius: northeastern Iran and adjacent southwestern Turkmenistan
• Parus cinereus cinereus: Java and western Lesser Sundas
• Parus cinereus caschmirensis: northeastern Afghanistan to northern Pakistan and northwestern India
• Parus cinereus decolorans: southeastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul and south of the Hindu Kush)
• Parus cinereus ziaratensis: southern Afghanistan to northern Baluchistan and Pakistan
• Parus cinereus mahrattarum: southwestern India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka
• Parus cinereus stupae: central and peninsular India
• Parus cinereus planorum: northern India to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and western Myanmar
• Parus cinereus vauriei: eastern Assam (Lakhimpur district) and eastern Arunachal Pradesh
• Parus cinereus templorum: northeastern Thailand southeastward to southern Laos, northern Cambodia, and southern Vietnam
• Parus cinereus hainanus: Hainan (southern China)
• Parus cinereus ambiguus: southeastern Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaya, and Sumatra
• Parus cinereus sarawacensis: Borneo (western Sarawak)
• Parus minor [minor, artatus, wladiwostokensis or kagoshimae]: southeastern Russia to Japan, Korea, southwestern China, and eastern Tibet
• Parus minor tibetanus: southwestern China and southeastern Tibet
• Parus minor subtibetanus: southern China to southeastern Tibet and northwestern Myanmar
• Parus minor nubicolus: southeastern Myanmar to northern Thailand, northern Laos, and far western Tonkin
• Parus minor dageletensis: Ulleungdo (off eastern South Korea)
• Parus minor amamiensis: northern Ryukyu Islands (Amami Oshima and Tokuno-Shima, southern Japan)
• Parus minor okinawae: central Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa and Yagachi, southern Japan)
• Parus minor commixtus: southern China (south of the Yangtze) to Hong Kong and central Vietnam (eastern Tonkin and coastal central Annam)
• Parus minor nigriloris: southern Ryukyu Islands (Ishigaki and Iriomote, southern Japan)
• Parus bokharensis bokharensis: Russia to Tien Shan and Karatau mountains and northwestern Afghanistan
• Parus bokharensis [turkestanicus, dzungaricus or iliensis]: Lake Balkhash to western China (Xinjiang) and southwestern Mongolia
• Parus bokharensis ferghanensis: mountains in Tajikistan (Pamir and Alai) and Kyrgyzstan eastward to western Tien Shan
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