Aegithalos Concinnus Bird

English Name:  Black-throated Tit
Latin Name:  Aegithalos concinnus
Protonym:  Psaltria concinna BirdsAsia[Gould] 2 pt7 pl.65
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Aegithalidae / Aegithalos
Taxonomy Code:  blttit2
Type Locality:  Chusan, Chekiang, China.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

AEGITHALOS
(Aegithalidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Tit A. caudatus) Gr. αιγιθαλος aigithalos  tit; three different species of tits were recognised under this name by Aristotle: the Long-tailed Tit, the Great Tit, and the European Blue Tit; "PIPRA? EUROPAEA. Nobis.   Nigra, pileo subtusque alba, cauda forficata, rectricibus lateralibus brevioribus, margine exteriore albis.  Rostro sane neque fringilla, neque motacilla, neque parus: sed cum pipra rostrum magis convenit. Non autem pedibus, qui non sunt gressorii. Cauda forficata, extima rectrice brevissima, penultima brevi, tertia longiore, tribus his margine exteriore albis, sed obscurius in tertia.  Statura motacillae trochili. Pedes altiusculi.  ...  Si novum genus mereatur, Aegithalos vocari poterit." (Hermann 1804); "Aegithalos Hermann, 1804, Observ. Zool., p. 214. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Pipra europaea Hermann = Parus caudatus Linnaeus." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, p. 52). 
Var. Aegithalus, Aegythalus, Oegithalus.
Synon. Acanthiparus, Acredula, Aegithaliscus, Aegithalus, Brachyrynchus, Igithalus, Orites, Oritiscus, Paroides, Vagans.

concinnus
L. concinnus  elegant, neat, pleasing.

SUBSPECIES

Black-throated Tit (Black-throated)
Latin Name: Aegithalos concinnus [concinnus Group]
AEGITHALOS
(Aegithalidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Tit A. caudatus) Gr. αιγιθαλος aigithalos  tit; three different species of tits were recognised under this name by Aristotle: the Long-tailed Tit, the Great Tit, and the European Blue Tit; "PIPRA? EUROPAEA. Nobis.   Nigra, pileo subtusque alba, cauda forficata, rectricibus lateralibus brevioribus, margine exteriore albis.  Rostro sane neque fringilla, neque motacilla, neque parus: sed cum pipra rostrum magis convenit. Non autem pedibus, qui non sunt gressorii. Cauda forficata, extima rectrice brevissima, penultima brevi, tertia longiore, tribus his margine exteriore albis, sed obscurius in tertia.  Statura motacillae trochili. Pedes altiusculi.  ...  Si novum genus mereatur, Aegithalos vocari poterit." (Hermann 1804); "Aegithalos Hermann, 1804, Observ. Zool., p. 214. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Pipra europaea Hermann = Parus caudatus Linnaeus." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, p. 52). 
Var. Aegithalus, Aegythalus, Oegithalus.
Synon. Acanthiparus, Acredula, Aegithaliscus, Aegithalus, Brachyrynchus, Igithalus, Orites, Oritiscus, Paroides, Vagans.

Black-throated Tit (Red-headed)
Latin Name: Aegithalos concinnus iredalei
iredalei
Tom Iredale (1880-1972) English ornithologist, conchologist, collector resident in Australia 1923-1972 (Acanthiza,  Aegithalos, syn. Alcedo hercules, ‡syn. Apteryx owenii, syn. Ardenna pacifica, ‡Coenocorypha, subsp. Eudyptula minor, syn. Falcunculus frontatus, subsp. Fregata ariel, syn. Neochmia phaeton, syn. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus peregrinus).

Black-throated Tit (Gray-crowned)
Latin Name: Aegithalos concinnus annamensis
annamense / annamensis
Annam Protectorate, French Indochina (= central Vietnam).