Taiwan Yellow Tit
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Taiwan Yellow Tit
Here the details of the Taiwan Yellow Tit named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus holsti Bull.Br.Orn.Club 4 p.7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Machlolophus
Taxonomy Code: yeltit2
Type Locality: Formosa.
Author: Seebohm
Publish Year: 1894
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
MACHLOLOPHUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Yellow-cheeked Tit M. spilonotus) Gr. μαχλος makhlos luxuriant, lush; λοφος lophos crest; "Gen. MACHLOLOPHUS nov. gen. *) Büschelmeise. 505. 1. M. spilonotus Nob. — Parus spilonotus Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI. p. 444. ... *) Von μαχλοσ, üppig und λοφοσ, ὁ Haube. Die Gruppe steht der Gattung Parus am nächsten, unterscheidet sich aber durch die stärker als bei Lophophanes entwickelten Federn der Haube. Als Arten gehören hierher: 1. M. xanthogenys. — Parus xanthogenys Vig. Gould. — 2. M. melanolophus. — Parus melanolophus Vig. Gould. — 3. M. rubidiventris. — Parus rubidiventris Blyth." (Cabanis 1853); "Machlolophus Cabanis, 1850 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 91. Type, by subsequent designation (Gadow, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 8, p. 26), Parus spilonotus Blyth." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 71).
holsti
Per August Holst (1858-?1895) Swedish collector on Taiwan and the Bonin Islands (Machlolophus).
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)
