Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Cinereous Tit

Sunday 7 August 2016

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Paridae (Tits and Chickadees)

Cinereous Tit

Parus cinereus

苍背山雀 (cāng bèi shān-què)

Malay : Seserai Bakau

Japanese : クロシジュウカラ (kuro shijū-kara)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 黒四十雀

Taxonomy update for 2013

Great Tit (Parus major) is split into three species :

- Great Tit (Parus major)

- Cinereous Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Japanese Tit (Parus minor)

Size : 12.5–14 cm; 11.9–22.1 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Parus cinereus cinereus (Vieillot, 1818)
– Java and Lesser Sundas.
Parus cinereus caschmirensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
– NW Himalayas E from N Pakistan.
Parus cinereus decolorans (Koelz, 1939)
– NE Afghanistan and NW Pakistan (east of Kabul and south of the Hindu Kush).
Parus cinereus ziaratensis (Whistler, 1929)
– C & S Afghanistan and W Pakistan.
Parus cinereus mahrattarum (E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
– SW India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka.
Parus cinereus stupae (Koelz, 1939)
– W, C & SE India.
Parus cinereus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)
– N India and Nepal E to W & C Myanmar.
Parus cinereus vauriei (Ripley, 1950)
– NE India (E Assam).
Parus cinereus templorum (Meyer de Schauensee, 1946)
– W Thailand and S Indochina.
Parus cinereus hainanus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
– Hainan Is.
Parus cinereus ambiguus ((Raffles, 1822)
– Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
Parus cinereus sarawacensis (Slater, 1885)
– NW, NE & SE Borneo.

Right : Parus cinereus ssp. ambiguus
Left : Yungipicus moluccensis ssp. moluccensis
Date : 19 July 2023

Location : Pulau Burung Sanitary Landfill, Nibong Tebal,
Daerah Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang