Gray-crested Tit
Gray-crested Tit
Here the details of the Gray-crested Tit named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus dichrous J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 13(1844) p.943
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Lophophanes
Taxonomy Code: gyctit1
Type Locality: Nepal ; restricted to high altitudes of north-central Nepal by Biswas, 1955, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 75, p. 88.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LOPHOPHANES
(Paridae; Ϯ Crested Tit L. cristatus) Gr. λοφος lophos crest; -φανης
-phanēs showing < φαινω phainō to show; "4. Parus cristatus, bicolor. ... 4. Haubenmeise. Lophophanes *) E[ntwickelung]. Alle Formen verkleinern sich; die Farben werden einfacher. Ch[arakter]. Meisen mit Federbüschen. L[ebensart]. Sie leben Nadelhölzer und die Gesellschaf der Goldhähnchen. ... *) λοφος, Haube und φαινω, zeigen." (Kaup 1829); "LOPHOPHANES Kaup, 1829 M — Parus cristatus 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, 427).
Var. Lophaphanes, Lophopterus.
dichrous
Gr. dikhrous two-coloured < δι- di- double < δις dis twice < δυο duo two; χροα khroa, χροας khroas colour, appearance < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos complexion.
SUBSPECIES
Gray-crested Tit (kangrae)
SCI Name: Lophophanes dichrous kangrae
kangrae
Kangra District, northern Punjab (= Himachal Pradesh), India.
Gray-crested Tit (dichrous)
SCI Name: Lophophanes dichrous dichrous
dichrous
Gr. dikhrous two-coloured < δι- di- double < δις dis twice < δυο duo two; χροα khroa, χροας khroas colour, appearance < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos complexion.
Gray-crested Tit (dichroides)
SCI Name: Lophophanes dichrous dichroides
dichroides
Specific name Parus dichrous Blyth, 1844; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling (subsp. Lophophanes dichrous).
Gray-crested Tit (wellsi)
SCI Name: Lophophanes dichrous wellsi
wellsi
● John Grant Wells (fl. 1902) collector, resident on Grenada, West Indies 1886-1902 (syn. Amazilia tobaci, syn. Coereba flaveola aterrima, Leptotila).
● Thomas Wells (1868-1939) British ornithologist at BMNH 1883-1929 (syn. Campethera tullbergi, syn. Cercococcyx mechowi, syn. Cisticola lateralis antinorii, subsp. Climacteris melanurus, syn. Eremophila alpestris longirostris, syn. Francolinus pintadeanus, subsp. Liocichla ripponi, subsp. Lophophanes dichrous, subsp. Motacilla capensis, subsp. Picus chlorolophus, subsp. Syma megarhyncha, syn. Symposiachrus trivirgatus nigrimentum).
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)