Owston's tit

Owston's tit (Sittiparus owstoni) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae that is endemic to the southern Izu Islands south of Japan.

Owston's tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Sittiparus
Species:
S. owstoni
Binomial name
Sittiparus owstoni
(Ijima, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Sittiparus varius owstoni
  • Poecile varius owstoni

Owston's tit was formerly considered as subspecies of the varied tit but was promoted to species status based on the results of a phylogenetic study published in 2014.[2][3]

It is larger than the varied tit, and lacks the buffish forehead and side of neck.[4]

References
  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Sittiparus owstoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103758982A118641514. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103758982A118641514.en. Downloaded on 02 January 2019.
  2. McKay, B.D.; Mays Jnr, H.L.; Tao, C.-T.; Wan, D.; Higuchi, H.; Nishium, I. (2014). "Incorporating color into integrative taxonomy: analysis of the Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius) complex in East Asia". Systems Biology. 63 (4): 505–517. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syu016. PMID 24603127.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. Gosler, A.; Clament, P. (2016). "Varied Tit (Poecile varius)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 16 February 2016.(subscription required)
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