Great Tit
Parus majorLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Great Tit
The Great Tit (Parus major) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paridae (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Parus major
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Great Tit
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 16 subspecies for this species.
- Parus major newtoni
- Parus major major
- Parus major kapustini
- Parus major corsus
- Parus major mallorcae
- Parus major excelsus
- Parus major ecki
- Parus major aphrodite
- Parus major niethammeri
- Parus major terraesanctae
- Parus major karelini
- Parus major blanfordi
- Parus major bokharensis
- Parus major turkestanicus
- Parus major ferghanensis
- Parus major intermedius
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Europe.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.189
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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