The great tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland; most great tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. Until 2005 this species was lumped with numerous other subspecies. DNA studies have shown these other subspecies to be distinct from the great tit and these have now been separated as two distinct species, the cinereous tit of southern Asia, and the Japanese tit of East Asia. The great tit remains the most widespread species in the genus Parus. Source: Wikipedia
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 ID:
E15BC0CB3DEAA621
Avibase ID:
avibase-E15BC0CB
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E15BC0CB
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561864
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great or Turkestan Tit ( Parus [major or bokharensis]) |
Clements, version 2021: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Parus [major, cinereus, minor or bokharensis]
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