Ashy Tit / Melaniparus cinerascens
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Ashy Tit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parus cinerascens Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 20 p.316
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Melaniparus
Taxonomy Code: ashtit2
Type Locality: Camdeboo, apparently on Orange River ; restricted to Pelladrift, northern Cape Province, by Clancey, 1958, Ibis, 100, p. 453.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MELANIPARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Southern Black Tit M. niger) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; genus Parus Linnaeus, 1758, tit; "489. Melaniparus, Bp. (Parus, p. Gr.) 3. P. niger, Vieill. (luctuosus, Licht.) Lev. Afr. t. 137. 1. ex Africa mer." (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Melanoparus.
Synon. Aegithospiza, Pentheres.
cinerascens
Late L. cinerescens, cinerescentis ashen < cinerescere to turn to ashes < L. cinis, cineris ashes.
● ex “Mésange Grisette” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 138 (Melaniparus).
SUBSPECIES
Ashy Tit (benguelae)
SCI Name: Melaniparus cinerascens benguelae
benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.
Ashy Tit (cinerascens)
SCI Name: Melaniparus cinerascens cinerascens
cinerascens
Late L. cinerescens, cinerescentis ashen < cinerescere to turn to ashes < L. cinis, cineris ashes.
● ex “Mésange Grisette” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 138 (Melaniparus).
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)
