Cyanistes

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Cyanistes
Eurasian blue tit Lancashire.jpg
Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Cyanistes
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Parus caeruleus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

C. caeruleus
C. teneriffae
C. cyanus

Cyanistes is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae. The genus was at one time considered as a subgenus of Parus. In 2005 an article describing a molecular phylogenetic study that had examined mitochondrial DNA sequences from members of the tit family, proposed that a number of subgenera including Cyanistes be elevated to genus status.[1] This proposal was accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union[2] and the British Ornithologists' Union.[3]

Species[]

The genus contains three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Eurasian blue tit Lancashire.jpg Cyanistes caeruleus Eurasian blue tit Europe
Cyanistes caeruleus -Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain-8.jpg Cyanistes teneriffae African blue tit northern Africa and the Canary Islands.
Белая лазоревка (cropped).jpg Cyanistes cyanus Azure tit Russia and Central Asia and northwest China, Manchuria and Pakistan.

The name Cyanistes was introduced for a subgenus by the German naturalist Jakob Kaup in 1829.[4] The word comes from the classical Greek kuanos meaning dark-blue.[5] The type species was designated as the Eurasian blue tit by George Gray in 1842.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Gill, F.B.; Slikas, B.; Sheldon, F.H. (2005). "Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene". Auk. 122: 121–143. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ Sangster, G.; Collinson, J.M.; Helbig, A.J.; Knox, A.J.; Parkin, D.T. (2005). "Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: third report". Ibis. 147 (4): 821–826. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00483.x.
  4. ^ Kaup, Jakob (1829). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt : Erster Theil welcher die Vogelsäugethiere und Vögel nebst Andeutung der Entstehung der letzteren aus Amphibien enthält (in German). c. 1. Darmstadt, Leipzig: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 99.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ Gray, George Robert (1842). Appendix to a List of the Genera of Birds (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 8.
  7. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2. |volume= has extra text (help)


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