Ashy Tit

Ashy Tit / Melaniparus cinerascens

Ashy Tit

Here the details of the Ashy Tit named bird below:

SCI Name:  Melaniparus cinerascens
Protonym:  Parus cinerascens Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 20 p.316
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae /
Taxonomy Code:  ashtit2
Type Locality:  Camdeboo, apparently on Orange River ; restricted to Pelladrift, northern Cape Province, by Clancey, 1958, Ibis, 100, p. 453.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MELANIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Southern Black Tit M. niger) Gr. μελας  melas, μελανος  melanos  black; genus Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "489. Melaniparus, Bp. (Parus, p. Gr.)  3. P. niger, Vieill. (luctuosus, Licht.) Lev. Afr. t. 137. 1. ex Africa mer." (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Melanoparus.
Synon. Aegithospiza, Pentheres.

cinerascens
Late L. cinerescens, cinerescentis  ashen  < cinerescere  to turn to ashes  < L. cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Mésange Grisette” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 138 (Melaniparus).

SUBSPECIES

Ashy Tit (benguelae)
SCI Name: Melaniparus cinerascens benguelae
benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.

Ashy Tit (cinerascens)
SCI Name: Melaniparus cinerascens cinerascens
cinerascens
Late L. cinerescens, cinerescentis  ashen  < cinerescere  to turn to ashes  < L. cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Mésange Grisette” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 138 (Melaniparus).