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Parus major Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Paridae
genus
Parus
species
Parus major

cuddliness

cuddly

biotope

eurytopic

nutrient level

eutrophic

mobility

mobile

lifespan

shortlived

biome

terrestrial

spine

vertebrate

cuddliness

cuddly

biotope

eurytopic

nutrient level

eutrophic

mobility

mobile

lifespan

shortlived

biome

terrestrial

spine

vertebrate

Parus major Linnaeus 1758

Parus major [spec. nov.]

P. capite nigro, temporibus albis, nucha lutea. Fn. svec. 238.

Parus major. Gesn. av. 640. Bell. av. 95. a. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 13. Will. orn. 174. Raj. av. 73. n. 3. Alb. av. 1. p. 44. t. 46. Frisch. av. 3. t. 13. f. 1. 2. Olin. av. 28.

Habitat in Europa.

Distribution

Breeding regions are EU. Breeding subregions are w, c EurAsia and n Africa.

Name

Homonyms
Parus major Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Bogatka in Polish
Carbonero Común in Spanish
Carbonero Común in Spanish
Chapim-real in Portuguese
Cinciallegra in Italian
Cinciallegra in Italian
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit in English
Great Tit (Great) in English
Great Tit (Turkestan) in English
Kjøttmeis in Norwegian
Kohlmeise in German
Kohlmeise in German
Kohlmeise in German
Kohlmeise in German
Koolmees in Dutch
Koolmees in Dutch
Musvit in Danish
Musvit in Danish
Mésange charbonnière in French
Mésange charbonnière in French
Schielmees in Luxembourgish
Széncinege in Hungarian
Talgoxe in Swedish
Talitiainen in Finnish
bogatka (zwyczajna) in Polish
chapim-real in Portuguese
didžioji zylė in Lithuanian
great tit in English
great tit in English
great tit in English
koolmees in Dutch
lielā zīlīte in Latvian
mallerenga carbonera in Catalan–Valencian
mésange charbonnière in French
rasvatihane in Estonian
széncinege in Hungarian
sýkora koňadra in Czech
sýkorka veľká in Slovak
talgoxe in Swedish
talitiainen in Finnish
velika sinica in Slovenian
Большая синица in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. AnimalBase (2012) www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen
  2. Gill, D. (eds.) (2013) IOC World Bird List (v 3.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org
  3. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 43 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of the type species of seventy three genera in the class Aves, the names of which were placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of twelve specific names which are currently regarded as senior Subjective synonyms of such names.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D(D.7), 171-210 (1956)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classses, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  7. SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  8. SOF (2013) Holarktislistan. Version 4, februari 2013. http://www.sofnet.org/sveriges-ornitologiska-forening/holarktis-faglar-ver-4/holarktislistan-i-webbformat/
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