Pardaliparus

Taxobox | name = "Pardaliparus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Paridae
genus = "Pardaliparus"
genus_authority = Sélys Longchamps, 1884
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "P. amabilis"
"P. venustulus"
"P. elegans"

"Pardaliparus" is a genus of birds in the tit family that is recognized by some authorities, such as the "Handbook of the Birds of the World"'s Internet Bird Collection (2004–2007). It is often, as here, considered part of the genus "Periparus" (which many authorities, lumping still more, consider a subgenus of "Parus"). The following species have been placed in it:

*Palawan Tit, "Periparus" (or "Pardaliparus" or "Parus") "amabilis"
*Yellow-bellied Tit, "Periparus" (or "Pardaliparus" or "Parus") "venustulus"
*Elegant Tit, "Periparus" (or "Pardaliparus" or "Parus") "elegans"

The Yellow-bellied Tit inhabits China and the other two species inhabit the Philippines. The Elegant Tit is probably paraphyletic.

References

* Gill, Frank B.; Slikas, Beth; and Sheldon, Frederick 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]
*cite web | title = the Internet Bird Collection | year = 2004–2007 | publisher = Handbook of the Birds of the World | url = http://www.hbw.com/ibc/ | accessdate = 2007-09-06