Oak Titmouse
Oak Titmouse
Here the details of the Oak Titmouse named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus inornatus Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 2 p.265
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Baeolophus
Taxonomy Code: oaktit
Type Locality: Upper California [= near Monterey, California, fide Gambel, 1847, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1, pi. 8].
Author: Gambel
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BAEOLOPHUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Tufted Titmouse B. bicolor) Gr. βαιος baios small, little; λοφος lophos crest; "Von Lophophanes wird zu trennen sein, nicht nur wegen Abweichung der Haubenbildung, sondern auch durch stärken Schnabel, längere Flügel und stärkere Füsse: Gen. Baeolophus n. gen. (βαιοσ, unbedeutend; λοφοσ, Schopf) Typus: B. bicolor. — Parus bicolor Lin. Wils. Lophophanes bicolor Kaup." (Cabanis 1853); "Baeolophus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 91, 1851 [= 1853] —type, by orig. desig., Parus bicolor Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 70).
Var. Baelophus, Bacolophus.
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus plain, unadorned < in- not; ornatus adorned, decorated < ornare to adorn.
● See: mavornata
SUBSPECIES
Oak Titmouse (inornatus)
SCI Name: Baeolophus inornatus inornatus
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus plain, unadorned < in- not; ornatus adorned, decorated < ornare to adorn.
● See: mavornata
Oak Titmouse (affabilis)
SCI Name: Baeolophus inornatus affabilis
affabilis
L. adfabalis or affabilis friendly, affable, courteous < adfari to address.
Oak Titmouse (mohavensis)
SCI Name: Baeolophus inornatus mohavensis
mohavensis
Mohave or Mojave, California, USA.
Oak Titmouse (cineraceus)
SCI Name: Baeolophus inornatus cineraceus
cineracea / cineraceum / cineraceus
L. cineraceus ash-grey < cinis, cineris ashes.
● ex “Cotinga cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Cinereous Godwit” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Tringa nebularia).
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)