Biology:Owston's tit
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Sittiparus |
| Species: | S. owstoni
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| Sittiparus owstoni (Ijima, 1893)
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Owston's tit (Sittiparus owstoni) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae that is endemic to the southern Izu Islands south of Japan, occurring only on the islands of Miyakejima, Mikurajima and Hachijojima.
Owston's tit was formerly considered as subspecies of the varied tit but was promoted to species status based on the results of a phylogenetic study published in 2014.[3][4] The species was first described by Ijima Isao in 1893, based on two females from Miyake-jima obtained by Alan Owston's collector, and named Parus owstoni in his honour.[2] This was the first description of a bird by a zoologist from Japan.[5]:276,315
It is larger than the varied tit, and lacks the buffish forehead and side of neck.[6]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Sittiparus owstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103758982A118641514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103758982A118641514.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103758982/118641514. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ijima Isao (1893). "Description of a New Species of Parus from Miyakeshima". Dōbutsugaku zasshi 5 (62): 445–446. https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/10824582.
- ↑ McKay, B.D.; Mays Jnr, H.L.; Tao, C.-T.; Wan, D.; Higuchi, H.; Nishium, I. (2014). "Incorporating color into integrative taxonomy: analysis of the Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius) complex in East Asia". Systems Biology 63 (4): 505–517. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syu016. PMID 24603127.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxwings/. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ Hachisuka Masauji (1942). (in en,ja)Tori 11 (53–54): 270–351. doi:10.3838/jjo1915.11.270.
- ↑ Gosler, A.; Clament, P. (2016). "Varied Tit (Poecile varius)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/59870. Retrieved 16 February 2016.(Subscription content?)
Wikidata ☰ Q21364393 entry
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