Biology:Rufous-vented tit
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paridae |
| Genus: | Periparus |
| Species: | P. rubidiventris
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| Periparus rubidiventris (Blyth, 1847)
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| Global range Blue = rubidiventris Yellow = beavani Red = whistleri Green = saramatii | |
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The rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris) is an Asian songbird species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). Some of its subspecies were formerly assigned to its western relative the rufous-naped tit (P. rufonuchalis), or these two were considered entirely conspecific.
Taxonomy
The tit was formerly placed in the genus Parus.[2] The four subspecies are:
- Periparus rubidiventris rubidiventris – S rim of Himalayas from NW to NE India and N Nepal.
- Periparus rubidiventris beavani (Jerdon, 1863) – Beavan's rufous-vented tit – S rim of Himalayas in NE India and Bhutan.
- Periparus rubidiventris whistleri – SE rim of Himalayas in SW China and adjacent N Myanmar and extreme NE India. Sometimes included in beavani.[3]
- Periparus rubidiventris saramatii – Very localised in NW Myanmar.
Distribution and habitat
This tit is a native of the western Himalayas, but has a very large range, occurring in parts of Bhutan, China , Pakistan , India , Myanmar and Nepal. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests. In Bhutan for example, P. r. beavani is a rather common all-year resident in moist Bhutan fir (Abies densa) forests, between approximately 3,000 and 4,000 meters ASL. Widespread and by no means rare, it is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Periparus rubidiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22711780A94308455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711780A94308455.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22711780/94308455. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Gill et al. (2005)
- ↑ Bangs (1932)
- ↑ Inskipp et al. (2000), BLI (2008)
References
- Bangs, Outram (1932): Birds of western China obtained by the Kelley-Roosevelts expedition. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 18(11): 343–379. Fulltext at the Internet Archive
- BirdLife International (2008). "Parus rubidiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/147865/0. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth & Sheldon, Frederick H. (2005): Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122(1): 121–143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:POTPIS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
- Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim & Sherub (2000): The ornithological importance of Thrumshingla National Park, Bhutan. Forktail 14: 147–162. PDF fulltext
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q27075349 entry
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