Parus [cinereus or minor] (Cinereous or Japanese Tit)

Cinereous or Japanese Tit

Parus [cinereus or minor] (= Parus cinereus) Vieillot, LJP 1818

The cinereous tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. This species is made up of several populations that were earlier treated as subspecies of the great tit. These birds are grey backed with white undersides. The great tit in the new sense is distinguishable by the greenish-back and yellowish underside. The distribution of this species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Paridae
Genus:
   Parus
Scientific:
  Parus cinereus

Original description

Citation:
Vieillot, LJP 1818

Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 25["1817"], 17 p. 316

Protonym:
Parus cinereus

Type locality:
Batavia, Java.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18041142

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
414DC961B6C4F9A8

Avibase ID:
avibase-414DC961

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/414DC961

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916513

Geographic range:

Parus cinereus cinereus: Java and w Lesser Sundas
Parus cinereus caschmirensis: NE Afghanistan to n Pakistan and nw India
Parus cinereus decolorans: SE Afghanistan (east of Kabul and south of the Hindu Kush)
Parus cinereus ziaratensis: S Afghanistan to n Baluchistan and Pakistan
Parus cinereus mahrattarum: SW India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka
Parus cinereus stupae: Central and peninsular India
Parus cinereus planorum: N India to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and w Myanmar
Parus cinereus vauriei: E Assam (Lakhimpur district) and e Arunachal Pradesh
Parus cinereus templorum: northeastern Thailand southeast to southern Laos, northern Cambodia, and southern Vietnam
Parus cinereus hainanus: Hainan (s China)
Parus cinereus ambiguus: SE Myanmar, peninsular Thailand, Malaya and Sumatra
Parus cinereus sarawacensis: Borneo (w Sarawak)
Parus minor [minor, artatus, wladiwostokensis or kagoshimae]: SE Russia to Japan, Korea, sw China and e Tibet
Parus minor tibetanus: SW China to se Tibet; single record from Sikkim
Parus minor subtibetanus: S China to se Tibet and nw Myanmar
Parus minor nubicolus: SE Myanmar to n Thailand, n Laos and extreme w Tonkin
Parus minor dageletensis: Ullung I. (South Korea)
Parus minor amamiensis: N Ryukyu Islands (Amami-O-Shima and Tokuno-Shima)
Parus minor okinawae: Central Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa and Yagachi)
Parus minor commixtus: southern China (south of the Yangtze) to Hong Kong central Vietnam (eastern Tonkin and coastal central Annam)
Parus minor nigriloris: S Ryukyu Islands (Ishigaki and Iriomote)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Cinereous or Japanese Tit
French:
Mésange indienne ou M. de Chine

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cinereous or Japanese Tit ( Parus [cinereus or minor])
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Cinereous Tit ( Parus cinereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Cinereous Tit ( Parus cinereus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Cinereous Tit ( Parus cinereus) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Parus [major, cinereus or minor]

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