Periparus Elegans Bird
Periparus Elegans Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Parus elegans TraitedOrn. livr.6 p.456
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Periparus
Taxonomy Code: eletit2
Type Locality: no locality; Manila, Luzon, designated by Parkes, 1958, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 71, p. 100.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PERIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Coal Tit P. ater) Gr. περι peri around, very; genus Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "{Front noir, Tête huppée ou non. . . . .6. Periparus Selys (Paléarctique). ... Sous-genre VI. PERIPARUS Selys 1884. ... Le groupe que je propose de constituer sous ce nom, est distinct des Parus proprement dits (P. major, etc.) parce que le plastron guttural noir s'arrête brusquement à la poitrine sans prolongement en raie sur le milieu de l'abdomen. Aucune espèce ne forme de lien entre les deux groupes. Je réunis au contraire aux Periparus trois ou quatre espèces dont les plumes allongées de la calotte forment une huppe, et que les auteurs ont considérées à cause de cela comme des Lophophanes (P. rubidiventer, rufonuchalis, melanolophus, œmodius), mais ces espèces ont toutes la bande nuchale claire comme le P. ater, bande qui manque aux Lophophanes, tandis qu'elles sont dépourvues du collier auriculaire de ces dernières." (de Selys-Longchamps 1884). Some isolated or insular populations of the Coal Tit may warrant specific separation. Var. Pariparus.
elegans
L. elegans, elegantis elegant, fine < elegere probably an early form of eligere to select.
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524 (Celeus).
● ex “Bucco maynanensis” of Brisson 1760, “Barbu des Maynas” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 330, “Beau Tamatia” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Beautiful Barbet” of Latham 1782 (syn. Eubucco versicolor).
● ex “Perdix martineta” of de Azara 1802-1805 (Eudromia).
● ex “Tangara de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 114, fig. 1 (syn. Euphonia chlorotica).
● ex “Beautiful Lory” of Latham 1781, ?and “Pennantian Parrot” of Latham 1787 (Platycercus).
● ex “Kink de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 617 (syn. Sturnia sinensis).
SUBSPECIES
Elegant Tit (edithae)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans edithae
edithae
● Edith Cole (1859-1949) British botanist, entomologist in Somaliland 1895 (Corvus).
● Edith Brevoort Baker née Kane (1884-1977) wife of US financier and philanthropist George Fisher Baker, Jr. (subsp. Edolisoma tenuirostre, syn. Trichoglossus meyeri).
● Edith McGregor (fl. 1907) wife of US ornithologist Richard Crittenden McGregor (subsp. Pardaliparus elegans).
Elegant Tit (montigenus)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans montigenus
montigena / montigenus
L. montigena mountain-born < mons, montis mountain; genus descent < gignere to bring forth.
Elegant Tit (gilliardi)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans gilliardi
gilliardi
Dr Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912-1965) US ornithologist, collector (subsp. Aerodramus leucophaeus, subsp. Diglossa major, syn. Melidectes fuscus, syn. Melidectes rufocrissalis thomasi, subsp. Pardaliparus elegans, subsp. Pauxi pauxi, subsp. Ptilorrhoa castanonota).
Elegant Tit (elegans)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans elegans
elegans
L. elegans, elegantis elegant, fine < elegere probably an early form of eligere to select.
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524 (Celeus).
● ex “Bucco maynanensis” of Brisson 1760, “Barbu des Maynas” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 330, “Beau Tamatia” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Beautiful Barbet” of Latham 1782 (syn. Eubucco versicolor).
● ex “Perdix martineta” of de Azara 1802-1805 (Eudromia).
● ex “Tangara de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 114, fig. 1 (syn. Euphonia chlorotica).
● ex “Beautiful Lory” of Latham 1781, ?and “Pennantian Parrot” of Latham 1787 (Platycercus).
● ex “Kink de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 617 (syn. Sturnia sinensis).
Elegant Tit (albescens)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans albescens
albescens
L. albescens, albescentis whitish < albescere to become white < albere to be white < albus white.
● ex “Busard” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 423 (= ?♀) (?syn. Accipiter gentilis).
● ex “Blanchard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 3 (= ☼) (syn. Stephanoaetus coronatus).
Elegant Tit (visayanus)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans visayanus
visayanus
Visayan or Visayas, a term for the central islands of the Philippines surrounding the Visayan Sea (i.e. Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Romblon, Masbate).
Elegant Tit (mindanensis)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans mindanensis
mindanaensis / mindanaoensis / mindanense / mindanensis
Mindanao, Philippines (named after the Maguindanao, a Moro people and former sultanate of the southern Philippines).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Merle de Mindanao” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 627, fig. 1 (Copsychus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merle de Mindanao” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 627, fig. 1, and “Mindanao Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Copsychus mindanensis).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de Mindanao” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopacea).
Elegant Tit (suluensis)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans suluensis
suluensis
Sulu Is., Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.
Elegant Tit (bongaoensis)
Latin Name: Periparus elegans bongaoensis
bongaoensis
Bongao I., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.
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)