Black-crested Titmouse

SCI Name:  Baeolophus atricristatus
Protonym:  Parus atricristatus Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 5 p.103
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae / Baeolophus
Taxonomy Code:  blctit4
Type Locality:  Rio Grande, Texas ; restricted to Rio Grande between Brownsville and Rio Grande City by Allen, 1907, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 23, p. 476.
Author:  Cassin
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BAEOLOPHUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Tufted Titmouse B. bicolor) Gr. βαιος baios  small, little; λοφος lophos  crest; "Von Lophophanes wird zu trennen sein, nicht nur wegen Abweichung der Haubenbildung, sondern auch durch stärken Schnabel, längere Flügel und stärkere Füsse:   Gen. Baeolophus n. gen. (βαιοσ, unbedeutend; λοφοσ, Schopf)  Typus: B. bicolor. — Parus bicolor Lin. Wils. Lophophanes bicolor Kaup." (Cabanis 1853); "Baeolophus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 91, 1851 [= 1853] —type, by orig. desig., Parus bicolor Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 70).
Var. Baelophus, Bacolophus.

atricristatus
L. ater black; cristatus crested, plumed  < crista crest, plume.

SUBSPECIES

Black-crested Titmouse (paloduro)
SCI Name: Baeolophus atricristatus paloduro
paloduro
Palo Duro Canyon, Armstrong County, Texas, USA.

Black-crested Titmouse (sennetti)
SCI Name: Baeolophus atricristatus sennetti
sennetti
George Burritt Sennett (1840-1900) US businessman, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Ammospiza maritima, subsp. Baeolophus atricristatus, syn. Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius, subsp. Chordeiles minor, subsp. Icterus cucullatus, subsp. Toxostoma longirostre).

Black-crested Titmouse (atricristatus)
SCI Name: Baeolophus atricristatus atricristatus
atricristatus
L. ater black; cristatus crested, plumed  < crista crest, plume.