Parus
| Parus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Great titParus major | |
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Parus Linnaeus,1758 |
| Type species | |
| Parus major(great tit) Linnaeus,1758
| |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
| |
| Distribution of the species in the genusParus.Parus bokharensisis now treated as a subspecies ofP. major | |
Parusis a genus ofOld Worldbirdsin thetitfamily. It was formerly a large genus containing most of the 50 odd species in the family Paridae. The genus was split into several resurrected genera following the publication of a detailedmolecular phylogeneticanalysis in 2013.[1][2]The genus name,Parus,is theLatinword for "tit".
Taxonomy
[edit]The genusParuswas introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalistCarl Linnaeusin thetenth editionof hisSystema Naturae.[3]The genus name isLatinfor "tit".[4]Of the 12 species included in the genus by Linnaeus, thetype specieswas designated as thegreat tit(Parus major) byGeorge Robert Grayin 1840.[5][6]
Species
[edit]The genus now contains the following species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Parus major | Great tit | Europe |
 |
Parus minor | Japanese tit | Japan and the Russian Far East beyond the Amur River, including the Kuril Islands |
 |
Parus cinereus | Cinereous tit | West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia. |
 |
Parus monticolus | Green-backed tit | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam. |
Fossil record
[edit]- Parus robustus(Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary)[7]
- Parus parvulus(Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary)[7]
- Parus medius(Pliocene of Beremend, Hungary)[7]
References
[edit]- ^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.Bibcode:2013MolPE..69..852J.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019.PMID23831453.
- ^abGill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.)."Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits".World Bird List Version 6.1.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved15 February2016.
- ^Linnaeus, Carl(1758).Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis(in Latin). Vol. 1 (10th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 189.
- ^Jobling, James A (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p.293.ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^Gray, George Robert(1840).A List of the Genera of Birds: with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus.London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 23.
- ^Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986).Check-list of Birds of the World.Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 70.
- ^abcKessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
Further reading
[edit]- Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth &Sheldon, Frederick H.(2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene.Auk122:121–143.DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2HTML abstract
| Authority control databases:National |
|---|
 | ThisParidae-related article is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |