Caspian Tit / Poecile hyrcanus
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Caspian Tit
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Protonym: Poecile lugubris hyrcanus Orn.Monatsb. 13 p. 76
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Poecile
Taxonomy Code: castit2
Type Locality: Rustumabad, Ghilan, northwestern Iran.
Author: Sarudny & Loudon
Publish Year: 1905
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POECILE
(Paridae; Ϯ Marsh Tit P. palustris) Gr. ποικιλος poikilos colourful (cf. ποικιλις poikilis, ποικιλιδος poikilidos unknown small bird, fancifully said to eat lark eggs, perhaps a type of finch); "4. Parus ater, palustris. ... 4. Dohlenmeise. Poecile**). (Parus ater et palustris). E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Parus und Cyanistes. Ch[arakter]. Kleine Meisen mit glattem schwarzem Kopfe, kurzem Schwanz und aschgraulichem Gefieder. L[ebensart]. Hierin ähneln sie den übrigen Meisen. ... **) ποικιλος, bunt." (Kaup 1829); "POECILE Kaup, 1829 M — Parus palustris Linnaeus, 1758; type by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1842, Appendix to a list of the Genera of Birds, p. 8)." (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.) 2014, 428).
Var. Paecila, Poecila, Poecilia, Poekilis, Peocile.
Synon. Penthestes, Phaeopharus, Poeciloides.
hyrcana / hyrcanus
L. Hyrcanus Hyrcanian, Caspian < Hyrcani a people of the Caspian Sea (Mare Hyrcanus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
