Talk:Parus
Latest comment: 16 years ago by Georgeryp
This taxon has been comprehensively broken up by ornithologists in the USA, but this has not yet been adopted elsewhere. The proposed break-up would be:
Poecile:
- P. atricapillus - P. carolinensis - P. cincta - P. davidi - P. gambeli - P. hudsonica - P. hypermelaena - P. hyrcana - P. lugubris - P. montana - P. palustris - P. rufescens - P. sclateri - P. songara - P. superciliosa
Sittiparus:
- S. varius, possibly S. semilarvatus
Periparus:
Pardaliparus:
Lophophanes:
Melaniparus:
- M. afer - M. albiventris - M. carpi - M. cinerascens - M. fasciiventer - M. fringillinus - M. funereus - M. griseiventris - M. guineensis - M. leucomelas - M. leuconotus - M. niger - M. pallidiventris - M. rufiventris - M. thruppi
Parus (s.s.):
Macholophus:
Cyanistes:
- C. caeruleus - C. cyanus - C. flavipectus - C. teneriffae, possibly C. semilarvatus
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Keith Edkins (talk • contribs) 2006-01-08.
- See also en:Black-capped Chickadee where it states: "Black-capped Chickadee, (Poecile atricapillus)...Often, it is still placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds' relationships (Gill et al., 2005). The American Ornithologists' Union has been treating Poecile as distinct genus for some time already..." --Georgeryp 21:39, 27 October 2007 (UTC)