Great tit
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The varied tit ( Sittiparus varius , Syn. : Parus varius , Poecile varius , Cyanistes varius ), also known as perching called, is a songbird from the family of the great tits . It is distributed in nine subspecies in East Asia.
description
Depending on the subspecies, it reaches a size between 11 and 14 cm. The wing length is 6.0 to 7.8 centimeters. With the nominate form S. v. varius , the hood , beak, throat, upper chest and neck are black. Forehead, face, cheeks are colored white. The back, wings and tail are blue-gray. The coat, underbust, abdomen and tail-covers are reddish brown. A white central line runs from the top of the head to the neck. In other subspecies the color on the back and cheeks is darker, in S. v. owstoni the cheeks are reddish brown and in S. v. olivaceus , the coat has an olive tone. The feet are dark turquoise. Her singing consists of a delicate "tzu ... .tzu ... .tzu ..."
Subspecies and their distribution
- Sittiparus varius amamii Kuroda , 1922 - Occurrence: Amami-Ōshima , Tokuno-jima and Okinawa
- Sittiparus varius castaneoventris ( Harrap , 1996) - Occurrence: Taiwan
- Sittiparus varius namiyei ( Kuroda , 1918) - Occurrences: Toshima , Niijima and Kōzu-shima
- Sittiparus varius olivaceus Kuroda , 1923 - Iriomote and Ishigaki-jima
- Sittiparus varius owstoni ( Ijima , 1893) - Occurrence: Izu Archipelago , Miyakojima , Mikura-jima and Hachijō-jima
- Borodino great tit Sittiparus varius orii Kuroda , 1923 - Occurrence: formerly the Daitō Islands ( Kita Daitō-jima and Minami Daitō-jima ), now extinct
- Sittiparus varius sunsunpi ( Kuroda , 1919) - Occurrence: Tanegashima
- Sittiparus varius yakushimensis ( Kuroda , 1919) - Occurrence: Yakushima
- Sittiparus varius varius ( Temminck & Schlegel , 1848) - Occurrence: Southern Kuril Islands ( Kunashir , Shikotan , Iturup ), northeastern People's Republic of China , central and southern Korea , Japan
habitat
Their habitat are open mixed forests , especially with the species Castanopsis cuspidata and larches , coniferous forests with Japanese yew trees , Japanese cedars and pines, and bamboo forests on mountain slopes or in river valleys.
food
Their diet consists of seeds , insects and caterpillars .
literature
- Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, David Christie: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, 2007, ISBN 84-96553-42-6 .
Web links
- Sittiparus varius inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.3. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- Photos of the great tit at the Oriental Bird Club
- Parus varius ( Memento from July 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
- Endemic subspecies of Taiwan Birds- first impressions (Engl.)