Owston's tit

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.

Owston's tit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Sittiparus
Species:
S. owstoni
Binomial name
Sittiparus owstoni
(Ijima, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Parus varius (protonym)[2]
  • Sittiparus varius owstoni
  • Poecile varius owstoni

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
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Sittiparus owstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103758982A118641514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103758982A118641514.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Ijima Isao (1893). "Description of a New Species of Parus from Miyakeshima". Dōbutsugaku zasshi. 5 (62): 445–446.
  3. 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.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. Hachisuka Masauji (1942). 日本人の手によつて記録された鳥類 [List of Birds Described by the Japanese Authors]. Tori (in English and Japanese). 11 (53–54): 270–351. doi:10.3838/jjo1915.11.270.
  6. Gosler, A.; Clament, P. (2016). "Varied Tit (Poecile varius)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 16 February 2016.(subscription required)
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