- Poecile
Taxobox
name = "Poecile"
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Black-capped Chickadee , "Poecile atricapillus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia =Paridae
genus = "Poecile"
genus_authority = Kaup, 1829
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = 13-15, see text"Poecile" is a
genus ofbird in the tit family that is often lumped into the genus "Parus ". It has 13–15species , which are scattered acrossNorth America ,Europe andAsia ; the North American species are thechickadee s. In the past, most authorities retained "Poecile" as a subgenus within the genus "Parus", but treatment as a distinct genus, initiated by theAmerican Ornithologists Union , is now widely accepteddel Hoyo "et al." (2007)] . This is supported bymtDNA cytochrome b sequence analysis [Gill "et al." (2005)] .The genus name has traditionally been treated as feminine (giving name endings such as "cincta"); however, this was not specified by the original genus author
Johann Jakob Kaup , and under theICZN the genus name must therefore be treated by default as masculine, giving name endings such as "cinctus".pecies
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Sombre Tit , "Poecile lugubris"
*Caspian Tit , "Poecile hyrcanus" - often included in "P. lugubris"
*Marsh Tit , "Poecile palustris"
*Willow Tit , "Poecile montanus"
*Songar Tit , "Poecile songarus" - often included in "P. montanus"
*Carolina Chickadee , "Poecile carolinensis"
*Black-capped Chickadee , "Poecile atricapillus"
*Mountain Chickadee , "Poecile gambeli"
*Mexican Chickadee , "Poecile sclateri"
*White-browed Tit , "Poecile superciliosus"
*Rusty-breasted Tit or Père David's Tit, "Poecile davidi"
*Siberian Tit or Grey-headed Chickadee, "Poecile cinctus"
*Boreal Chickadee , "Poecile hudsonicus"
*Chestnut-backed Chickadee , "Poecile rufescens"Footnotes
References
*del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Christie D. (eds). (2007). "
Handbook of the Birds of the World ". Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553422
*Gill, F. B., Slikas, B., & Sheldon, F. H. (2005). Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-"b" gene. "Auk" 122: 121-143. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122 [0121:POTPIS] 2.0.CO;2 [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1642%2F0004-8038%282005%29122%5B0121%3APOTPIS%5D2.0.CO%3B2 HTML abstract]
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