Tufted Titmouse

SCI Name:  Baeolophus bicolor
Protonym:  Parus bicolor Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.340
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae / Baeolophus
Taxonomy Code:  tuftit
Type Locality:  'in America septentrionali'' [= South Carolina] .
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
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.

bicolor
L. bicolor, bicoloris  bicoloured  < bi-  two-  < bis  twice; color, coloris  colour; epithet usually given to spp. with white underparts and contrastingly darker upperparts.
● ex “Crested Titmouse” of Catesby 1731, and “Mésange hupée de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760 (Baeolophus).
● ex “Coucal Noirou” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 220 (syn. Centropus nigrorufus).
● ex “Colibri Nr. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Saphir-émeraude” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sapphire-and-Emerald Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Cyanophaia).
● ex “Pic varié de la Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 748, fig.1, and “Encenada Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Dendrocopos lignarius).
● ex “Pato roxo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 436 (Dendrocygna).
● ex “Ramier blanc mangeur de muscade de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (Ducula).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 566, fig. 3, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Black and white Fly-catcher” of Edwards 1758, and Latham 1783 (syn. Fluvicola pica).
● ex "Merle brun du Cap de Bonne Espérance" of de Buffon 1770-1783, and "White-rumped Thrush" of Latham 1783 (Lamprotornis).
● ex "Bahama Sparrow" of Catesby 1731 (Melanospiza).
● ex “Petit Guêpier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 318 (?syn. Merops hirundineus).
● ex “Guêpier de l’isle de France” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 252 (syn. Merops viridis).
● ex “Schet Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 148 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).