White-browed Tit
White-browed Tit
Here the details of the White-browed Tit named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Poecile superciliosa Mongol.StranaTangut. 2 p.53
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Poecile
Taxonomy Code: whbtit4
Type Locality: alpine regions of Kansu, northwestern China.
Author: Przevalski
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POECILE
(Paridae; Ϯ Marsh Tit P. palustris) Gr. ποικιλος poikilos colourful (cf. ποικιλις poikilis, ποικιλιδος poikilidos unknown small bird, fancifully said to eat lark eggs, perhaps a type of finch); "4. Parus ater, palustris. ... 4. Dohlenmeise. Poecile**). (Parus ater et palustris). E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Parus und Cyanistes. Ch[arakter]. Kleine Meisen mit glattem schwarzem Kopfe, kurzem Schwanz und aschgraulichem Gefieder. L[ebensart]. Hierin ähneln sie den übrigen Meisen. ... **) ποικιλος, bunt." (Kaup 1829); "POECILE Kaup, 1829 M — Parus palustris 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, 428).
Var. Paecila, Poecila, Poecilia, Poekilis, Peocile.
Synon. Penthestes, Phaeopharus, Poeciloides.
superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus supercilious, haughty, eye-browed < supercilium eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
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)