Sittiparus

Sittiparus is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae. The species in the genus were formerly included in Parus but were moved to Sittiparus when Parus was split into several resurrected genera following the publication of a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2013.[1][2] The genus Sittiparus had originally been erected by the Belgium politician and naturalist Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1884 with the varied tit as the type species.[3][4]

Sittiparus
Varied tit (Sittiparus varius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Sittiparus
Selys-Longchamps, 1884
Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Sittiparus variusVaried titeastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and locally in northeastern China (southern Liaoning) and extreme southeastern Russia (southern Kurile Islands)
Sittiparus owstoni (split from S. varius)[5]Owston's titsouthern Izu Islands south of Japan
Sittiparus olivaceus (split from S. varius)[5]Iriomote titsouth west of Japan and to the east of Taiwan
Sittiparus castaneoventris (split from S. varius)[5]Chestnut-bellied titTaiwan
Sittiparus semilarvatusWhite-fronted titPhilippines

The subspecies Daito varied tit, S. v. orii, became extinct in the 1940s, the only tit to have done so.

References

  1. Johansson, U.S.; Ekman, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Halvarsson, P.; Ohlson, J.I.; Price, T.D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 852–860. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019. PMID 23831453.
  2. 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.
  3. Selys-Longchamps, Edmund de (1884). "Considérations sur le genre mélange (Parus)". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France (in French). 9: 32–78 [58].
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 71.
  5. 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.
  • Harrap and Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers ISBN 0-7136-3964-4
  • "the Internet Bird Collection". Handbook of the Birds of the World. 2004–2007. Retrieved 2007-09-08.


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