Sittiparus Varius Bird

English Name:  Varied Tit
Latin Name:  Sittiparus varius
Protonym:  Parus varius FaunaJap.Aves[Siebold] p.71
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae / Sittiparus
Taxonomy Code:  vartit1
Type Locality:  Japan ; restricted to Honshu by Hartert, 1905, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 354.
Author:  Temminck & Schlegel
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SITTIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Varied Tit S. varius) Portmanteau of genera Sitta Linnaeus, 1758, nuthatch, and Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "{Front blanchâtre. Tête non huppée. . . . .5. Sittiparus Selys (Asie orientale).  ...  Sous-genre V. SITTIPARUS Selys, 1884.  ...  Dans les Iles du Japon et de Formose, il existe un autre type singulier (P. varius Temm. et Schleg.) chez qui le plastron guttural et la tache nuchale sont comme chez les Periparus, mais qui s'en sépare par le front largement blanchâtre, dessin qui se confond avec la grande tache ordinaire des côtés de la tête, caractère particulier à ce petit groupe remarquable encore par le bec cunéiforme renflé en dessous et par le doigt postérieur et son ongle fort longs, ce qui rappelle les Sittelles, d'ou le nom que je propose." (de Selys-Longchamps 1884).
Synon. Penthornis.
● (syn. Schoeniparus Ϯ Yellow-throated Fulvetta S. cinereus). "Genus SITTIPARUS, n. gen.  The genus for which I propose the name of Sittiparus (with S. cinereus as the type) contains two birds which are quite different from Schœniparus on the one hand, and from Proparus and Lioparus on the other.  In 1844 (J.A.S.B. xiii, p. 939) Hodgson proposed the name of Certhiparus for S. castaneiceps. This name had, however, been given by Lafresnaye two years previously to some birds from New Zealand, and Hodgson's name therefore cannot be retained.  Sittiparus is one of the genera of Timeliine birds with a Tit-like bill. It differs from Schœniparus in having the tail very much shorter than the wing, and from Proparus and Lioparus in having no hairs overhanging the nostrils.  ...  181. Sittiparus cinereus. The Dusky-green Tit-Babbler.  ...  The Dusky-green Hill-Tit, Jerd.  ...  182. Sittiparus castaneiceps. The Chestnut-headed Tit-Babbler..  ...  The Chestnut-headed Hill-Tit, Jerd." (Oates 1889).

varius
L. varius  various, diverse, variegated.
● ex “Cassican de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 628, and “Pied Roller” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cracticus cassicus).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado debaxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 187 (Empidonomus).
● ex “Huppe du cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 697, “Huppe noire et blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Madagascar Hoopoe” of Latham 1783 (Fregilupus).
● ex “Basterd Baltimore female” of Catesby 1731-1743, “Carouge de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 607, fig. 1, and “Chesnut and black Baltimore” of Latham 1782 (syn. Icterus spurius).
● ex “Bunter Fasan” of Frisch 1735, “Phasianus albus et rufo varius” of Brisson 1760, and "Faisan varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
● ex “Varied Parrot” of Latham 1822 (Psephotellus).
● ex “Yellow-belly’d Wood-pecker” of Catesby 1731 (Sphyrapicus).
● ex “Pied Shag” of Latham 1785 (Stictocarbo).
● ex “Ispida indica” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, “Todus varius” of Brisson 1760, and “Todier varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (unident.; ?Nectariniidae).

SUBSPECIES

Varied Tit (varius)
Latin Name: Sittiparus varius varius
varius
L. varius  various, diverse, variegated.
● ex “Cassican de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 628, and “Pied Roller” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cracticus cassicus).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado debaxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 187 (Empidonomus).
● ex “Huppe du cap de bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 697, “Huppe noire et blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Madagascar Hoopoe” of Latham 1783 (Fregilupus).
● ex “Basterd Baltimore female” of Catesby 1731-1743, “Carouge de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 607, fig. 1, and “Chesnut and black Baltimore” of Latham 1782 (syn. Icterus spurius).
● ex “Bunter Fasan” of Frisch 1735, “Phasianus albus et rufo varius” of Brisson 1760, and "Faisan varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
● ex “Varied Parrot” of Latham 1822 (Psephotellus).
● ex “Yellow-belly’d Wood-pecker” of Catesby 1731 (Sphyrapicus).
● ex “Pied Shag” of Latham 1785 (Stictocarbo).
● ex “Ispida indica” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, “Todus varius” of Brisson 1760, and “Todier varié” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (unident.; ?Nectariniidae).

Varied Tit (sunsunpi)
Latin Name: Sittiparus varius sunsunpi
sunsunpi
"The subspecific name given is the local name [Tanegashima I.] of this titmouse" (Kuroda 1919) (subsp. Sittiparus varius).

Varied Tit (yakushimensis)
Latin Name: Sittiparus varius yakushimensis
yakushimensis
Yakushima I., Osumi Group, Kyushu, Japan.

Varied Tit (amamii)
Latin Name: Sittiparus varius amamii
amami / amamiensis / amamii
Amami Is., Riu Kiu Is., Japan.

Varied Tit (orii)
Latin Name: Sittiparus varius orii
orii
Hyojiro Orii (1883-?1948) Japanese collector in Japan, Korea, Manchuria and the Pacific (subsp. Aplonis opaca, subsp. Garrulus glandarius, subsp. Picoides kizuki, syn. Poecile palustris brevirostris, subsp. Pycnonotus sinensis, subsp. Sittiparus varius, subsp. Streptopelia orientalis, subsp. Todiramphus chloris, ‡syn. Troglodytes troglodytes mosukei, syn. Turdus chrysolaus).

Varied Tit (namiyei)
Latin Name: Sittiparus varius namiyei
namiyei
Motoyoshi Namiye (1854-1918) Japanese zoologist, herpetologist, collector (subsp. Dendrocopos leucotos, syn. Emberiza cioides ciopsis, syn. Garrulus glandarius japonicus, subsp. Hirundo javanica, Larvivora, subsp. Sittiparus varius).