? Tits and Chickadees
Great Tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae
Genera
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The tits, chickadees, and titmice, family Paridae, are a large family of small passerine birds which occur in the northern hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly in the genus Parus; some recent authors have split this large group into several genera (as indicated below), which has been followed by North American ornithological authorities but not elsewhere. Great Tit. ... Binomial name Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Northern Hemisphere highlighted in yellow. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

On current evidence, only Pseudopodoces, Baeolophus, Melanochlora and Sylviparus are well supported as distinct genera from Parus (Harrap & Quinn, Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers, ISBN 0-7136-3964-4). The order in the list below follows Harrap & Quinn, with the incorporation of the recent split of Plain Titmouse into Oak and Juniper Titmice, and the addition of Hume's Ground Tit.

These birds are called "chickadees" (derived from their distinctive "chick-a dee dee dee" alarm call) or "titmice" in North America, and just "tits" in the rest of the English speaking world. The name titmouse is attested from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name for the bird, mase (Proto-Germanic *maison) and tit, denoting something small. The spelling was influenced by mouse in the 16th century. "Chickadee" is onomatopoeic, i.e., sounds like the call of many North American species. In biology, alarm call refers to various vocalizations by animals in response to danger. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... Map of the Pre-Roman Iron Age culture(s) associated with Proto-Germanic, ca 500 BC-50 BC. The area south of Scandinavia is the Jastorf culture Proto-Germanic, the proto-language believed by scholars to be the common ancestor of the Germanic languages, includes among its descendants Dutch, Yiddish... Feral mouse A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents in the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ (Old World Mice). ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... In linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia is the device of a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, with a sound imitating the sound it is describing, such as bang, click, fizz, hush or buzz. Onomatopoetic words exist in every language, although they are different in each. ...

These are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. Many species will live around human habitation and come readily to bird feeders for nuts or seed, and learn to take other foods. In England, Great Tits and Blue Tits learned to break open the foil caps sealing bottles of milk that had been delivered to homes to get at the cream floating on top. Classes & Orders Subclass: Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Paleoptera (paraphyletic) Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Diaphanopterodea - extinct Protodonata - extinct Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass: Neoptera Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Protorthoptera - extinct Orthoptera (grasshoppers... Binomial name Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Tit, Parus major, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. ... Binomial name Parus caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 The Blue Tit, Parus caeruleus (new: Cyanistes caeruleus), is a 10. ...

These are hole-nesting birds laying speckled white eggs. An average Whooping Crane egg is 102 mm long, and weighs 208 grams A baby tortoise emerges from a reptile egg. ...

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, the Paridae family is much enlarged to include related groups such as the Penduline tits and Long-tailed tits. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird taxonomy based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. ... The penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. ... Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. ...

Species

• Marsh Tit, Parus palustris (Poecile palustris)
• Black-bibbed Tit, Parus hypermelaena (Poecile hypermelaena)
• Sombre Tit, Parus lugubris (Poecile lugubris)
• Caspian Tit, Parus hyrcana (Poecile hyrcanus)
• Willow Tit, Parus montanus (Poecile montana)
• Songar Tit, Parus songarus (Poecile songara)
• Carolina Chickadee, Parus carolinensis (Poecile carolinensis)
• Black-capped Chickadee, Parus atricapilla (Poecile atricapillus)
• Mountain Chickadee, Parus gambeli (Poecile gambeli)
• Mexican Chickadee, Parus sclateri (Poecile sclateri)
• White-browed Tit, Parus superciliosus (Poecile superciliosa)
• Père David's Tit, Parus davidi (Poecile davidi)
• Boreal Chickadee, Parus hudsonicus (Poecile hudsonica)
• Siberian Tit or Gray-headed Chickadee, Parus cinctus (Poecile cincta)
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Parus rufescens (Poecile rufescens)

• Rufous-naped Tit or Black-breasted Tit, Parus rufonuchalis (Periparus rufonuchalis)
• Rufous-vented Tit, Parus rubidiventris (Periparus rubidiventris)
• Spot-winged Tit or Black-crested Tit, Parus melanolophus (Periparus melanolophus)
• Coal Tit, Parus ater (Periparus ater)

• Yellow-bellied Tit, Parus venustulus (Pardaliparus venustulus)
• Elegant Tit, Parus elegans (Pardaliparus elegans)
• Palawan Tit, Parus amabilis (Pardaliparus amabilis)

• Crested Tit, Parus cristatus (Lophophanes cristatus)
• Grey-crested Tit, Parus dichrous (Lophophanes dichrous)

• White-shouldered Tit, Parus guineensis (Melaniparus guineensis)
• White-winged Black Tit, Parus leucomelas (Melaniparus leucomelas)
• Southern Black Tit, Parus niger (Melaniparus niger)
• Carp's Tit, Parus carpi (Melaniparus carpi)
• White-bellied Tit, Parus albiventris (Melaniparus albiventris)
• White-backed Tit, Parus leuconotus (Melaniparus leuconotus)
• Dusky Tit, Parus funereus (Melaniparus funereus)
• Rufous-bellied Tit, Parus rufiventris (Melaniparus rufiventris)
• Cinnamon-breasted Tit, Parus pallidiventris (Melaniparus pallidiventris)
• Red-throated Tit, Parus fringillinus (Melaniparus fringillinus)
• Stripe-breasted Tit, Parus fasciiventer (Melaniparus fasciiventer)
• Acacia Tit or Somali Tit, Parus thruppi (Melaniparus thruppi)
• Miombo Tit, Parus griseiventris (Melaniparus griseiventris)
• Ashy Tit, Parus cinerascens (Melaniparus cinerascens)
• Southern Grey Tit, Parus afer (Melaniparus afer)

• Great Tit, Parus major
• Japanese Tit, Parus minor
• Turkestan Tit, Parus bokharensis
• Green-backed Tit, Parus monticolus
• White-winged Tit, Parus nuchalis
• Black-lored Tit, Parus xanthogenys
• Yellow-cheeked Tit, Parus spilonotus

• Yellow Tit, Parus holsti (Macholophus holsti)

• Blue Tit, Parus caeruleus (Cyanistes caeruleus)
• Azure Tit, Parus cyanus (Cyanistes cyanus)
• Yellow-breasted Tit, Parus flavipectus (Cyanistes flavipectus)

• Varied Tit, Parus varius (Sittiparus varius)
• White-fronted Tit, Parus semilarvatus (Sittiparus semilarvatus)

• Bridled Titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi
• Oak Titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus
• Juniper Titmouse, Baeolophus ridgwayi
• Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor
• Black-crested Titmouse, Baeolophus atricristatus

• Yellow-browed Tit, Sylviparus modestus

• Sultan Tit, Melanochlora sultanea

• Hume's Ground Tit, previously Hume's Ground Jay, Pseudopodoces humilis
  (This species has only recently been removed from the Crow family Corvidae and placed into the Tit family.)

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