Cinereous Tit

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目
Family - Paridae 山雀科 (Tits and Chickadees)
Genus - Parus 山雀属

Cinereous Tit

Parus cinereus

苍背山雀

Taxonomy update for 2013

Great Tit (Parus major) is split into three species :

- Great Tit (Parus major)

- Cinereous Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Japanese Tit (Parus minor)

    Size : 12.5–14 cm; 11.9–22.1 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Parus cinereus cinereus (Vieillot, 1818)
  – Java and Lesser Sundas.
• Parus cinereus caschmirensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
  – NW Himalayas E from N Pakistan.
• Parus cinereus decolorans (Koelz, 1939)
  – NE Afghanistan and NW Pakistan (east of Kabul and south of the Hindu Kush).
• Parus cinereus ziaratensis (Whistler, 1929)
  – C & S Afghanistan and W Pakistan.
• Parus cinereus mahrattarum (E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
  – SW India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka.
• Parus cinereus stupae (Koelz, 1939)
  – W, C & SE India.
• Parus cinereus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)
  – N India and Nepal E to W & C Myanmar.
• Parus cinereus vauriei (Ripley, 1950)
  – NE India (E Assam).
• Parus cinereus templorum (Meyer de Schauensee, 1946)
  – W Thailand and S Indochina.
• Parus cinereus hainanus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
  – Hainan Is.
• Parus cinereus ambiguus ((Raffles, 1822)
  – Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
• Parus cinereus sarawacensis (Slater, 1885)
  – NW, NE & SE Borneo.

Date : 05 January 2015

南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港

Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 05 January 2015

南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港

Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 21 March 2014

香港仔隧道, 香港岛, 香港

Aberdeen Tunnel, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Date : 21 March 2014

香港仔隧道, 香港岛, 香港

Aberdeen Tunnel, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong