Biology:Machlolophus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Machlolophus
Parus xanthogenys.jpg
Machlolophus xanthogenys (Himalayan black-lored tit)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Machlolophus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Parus spilonotus[1]
Species

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Synonyms

Macholophus

Machlolophus is a genus of birds in the tit family. The species were formerly placed with many others in the genus Parus but were moved to Machlolophus based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 that showed that the members formed a distinct clade.[2]

The name Machlolophus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850.[3] The word is derived from the classical Greek makhlos meaning luxuriant, and lophos meaning crest.[4]

The following species, all from Asia, have been placed in the genus:[5]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Adult White napped Tit.jpg Machlolophus nuchalis White-naped tit southern India
Taiwan tit.jpg Machlolophus holsti Yellow tit central Taiwan
Parus xanthogenys -Chopta, Uttarakhand, India-8.jpg Machlolophus xanthogenys Himalayan black-lored tit Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent.
Indian yellow tit (Parus aplonotus).jpg Machlolophus aplonotus Indian black-lored tit Indian subcontinent
Yellow-cheeked Tit Neora Valley National Park West Bengal India 30.04.2016 (cropped).jpg Machlolophus spilonotus Yellow-cheeked tit Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

References

  1. "Paridae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=159. 
  2. Johansson, U.S.; Ekman, J.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Halvarsson, P.; Ohlson, J.I.; Price, T.D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). "A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 852–860. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.019. PMID 23831453. 
  3. Cabanis, Jean (1850) (in German). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (Volume 1). 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 91. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49584470. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Waxwings and their allies, tits & penduline tits". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxwings/. Retrieved 15 February 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3838101 entry