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The Great Tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and 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 distinctive from the Great Tit and these have now been separated as two separate 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
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Paridae
Genus:
Parus
Scientific:
Parus major
Citation:
Linnaeus, 1758
Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.189
Protonym:
Parus major
Avibase ID:
E15BC0CB3DEAA621
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. 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]) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 4] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2015: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2016: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2017: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2018: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2019: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
eBird version 1.54: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 4] |
eBird version 1.55: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
eBird version 2015: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
eBird version 2016: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
eBird version 2017: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
eBird version 2018: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
eBird version 2019: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Great Tit ( Parus major) [version 2] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: 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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