Owston’s Tit / Sittiparus owstoni
Owston's Tit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus Owstoni Dobutsu.Zasshi 42 p. 445
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Sittiparus
Taxonomy Code: vartit4
Type Locality: Miyakeshima, Izu Islands, Japan.
Author: Ijima
Publish Year: 1893
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
SITTIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Varied Tit S. varius) Portmanteau of genera Sitta Linnaeus, 1758, nuthatch, and Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "{Front blanchâtre. Tête non huppée. . . . .5. Sittiparus Selys (Asie orientale). ... Sous-genre V. SITTIPARUS Selys, 1884. ... Dans les Iles du Japon et de Formose, il existe un autre type singulier (P. varius Temm. et Schleg.) chez qui le plastron guttural et la tache nuchale sont comme chez les Periparus, mais qui s'en sépare par le front largement blanchâtre, dessin qui se confond avec la grande tache ordinaire des côtés de la tête, caractère particulier à ce petit groupe remarquable encore par le bec cunéiforme renflé en dessous et par le doigt postérieur et son ongle fort longs, ce qui rappelle les Sittelles, d'ou le nom que je propose." (de Selys-Longchamps 1884).
Synon. Penthornis.
● (syn. Schoeniparus Ϯ Yellow-throated Fulvetta S. cinereus). "Genus SITTIPARUS, n. gen. The genus for which I propose the name of Sittiparus (with S. cinereus as the type) contains two birds which are quite different from Schœniparus on the one hand, and from Proparus and Lioparus on the other. In 1844 (J.A.S.B. xiii, p. 939) Hodgson proposed the name of Certhiparus for S. castaneiceps. This name had, however, been given by Lafresnaye two years previously to some birds from New Zealand, and Hodgson's name therefore cannot be retained. Sittiparus is one of the genera of Timeliine birds with a Tit-like bill. It differs from Schœniparus in having the tail very much shorter than the wing, and from Proparus and Lioparus in having no hairs overhanging the nostrils. ... 181. Sittiparus cinereus. The Dusky-green Tit-Babbler. ... The Dusky-green Hill-Tit, Jerd. ... 182. Sittiparus castaneiceps. The Chestnut-headed Tit-Babbler.. ... The Chestnut-headed Hill-Tit, Jerd." (Oates 1889).
owstoni
Alan Owston (1853-1915) English merchant, yachtsman, naturalist, collector resident in Japan 1871-1915 (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja, Dendrocopos, Ficedula, subsp. Garrulax canorus, syn. Hydrobates tristrami, Hypotaenidia, subsp. Nucifraga hemispila, subsp. Pyrrhula erythaca, Sittiparus, syn. Terpsiphone atrocaudata, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, subsp. Zosterops semperi).
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)