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  1. Nutcracker

    Tit confirmation, Guangxi, China

    Yep, 'shijuu' does sound onomatopoeic, like the 'teacher' call of Parus major s.str. (and yes, 'chickadee' is onomatopoeic from Poecile atricapillus calls). Most Parus cinereus sspp are fairly pale grey; certainly a far better use of 'cinereous' than the ridiculous misuse for [Eurasian] Black...
  2. Nutcracker

    Tit confirmation, Guangxi, China

    Yep, it's all under Great Tit Parus major in HBW vol. 12 page 739, the last holdout for the combination Parus major minor :t: If it goes as the new paper suggests that ssps. cinereus and minor are conspecific, then presumably the English name Cinereous Tit will displace Japanese Tit as the...
  3. Nutcracker

    Tit confirmation, Guangxi, China

    Direct link to paper: https://sci-hub.st/10.1111/jbi.13863 Edit: worth adding, from this paper, it looks like Hainan Tit Parus will get transferred to Parus minor hainanus :t: Edit 2: also from that paper, since Parus cinereus cinereus was described from Java, that too gets transferred...
  4. Nutcracker

    Tit confirmation, Guangxi, China

    With Parus minor now including the whole of eastern Asia, the English name 'Japanese Tit' is starting to look a bit improper . . .
  5. Nutcracker

    Tit confirmation, Guangxi, China

    Thanks! So the mainland southern China populations have been transferred from P. cinereus to P. minor? Edit: ah, yes, from the xeno-canto maps Jacana just posted :t:
  6. Nutcracker

    Tit confirmation, Guangxi, China

    Might help? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ParusMajorMap.svg
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