The Key to Scientific Names
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Aegithalus (See: AEGITHALOS)
AEGITHALOS (Aegithalidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Tit A. caudatus europaeus) Gr. αιγιθαλος aigithalos tit; three different species of tits were recognised under this name by Aristotle: the Long-tailed Tit, the Great Tit, and the European Blue Tit; "PIPRA? EUROPAEA. Nobis. Nigra, pileo subtusque alba, cauda forficata, rectricibus lateralibus brevioribus, margine exteriore albis. Rostro sane neque fringilla, neque motacilla, neque parus: sed cum pipra rostrum magis convenit. Non autem pedibus, qui non sunt gressorii. Cauda forficata, extima rectrice brevissima, penultima brevi, tertia longiore, tribus his margine exteriore albis, sed obscurius in tertia. Statura motacillae trochili. Pedes altiusculi. Reperi 1791. Julio, in officina Delachenaliana Basileae, ubi provisor Schmidius avibus praeparandis delectatur. Venator quidam qui adfuit pari speciem esse dixit, et in sylvis montium reperiri. Aliquando responsum est, aucupem, quum nidum tollere vellet, decidisse et crus fregisse. ... Si novum genus mereatur, Aegithalos vocari poterit." (Hermann 1804); "Aegithalos J. Hermann, 1804, Observationes Zoologicae, p. 214. Type, by monotypy, Pipra? europaea Hermann, 1804." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Aegithalus, Egithalus, Oegithalus.
Synon. Acanthiparus, Acredula, Aegithaliscus, Aegithalus, Brachyrynchus, Igithalus, Orites, Oritiscus, Paroides, Vagans.- Aegithalus
Gr. αιγιθαλος aigithalos tit.
● (Remizidae; syn. Anthoscopus † Southern Penduline Tit / Cape Penduline Tit A. minutus) “Ægithalus, Vigors. (fig. 214. g) Bill very straight; the form acutely conic; sides compressed; tips entire. Rictus smooth. Wings short, rounded. Feet robust. Tarsus short. Anterior toes nearly equal. Æ. Capensis. Ill. of Orn. iii. pl. 113. f. 1.” (Swainson 1837); “Aegithalus Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 246 (not of Boie, 1822, nor of Billberg, 1828). Type, by monotypy, Aegithalus capensis Swainson, 1837 = Sylvia minuta Shaw, 1812.” (JAJ 2023).
● (Panuridae; syn. Panurus † Bearded Tit P. biarmicus) "[Tribus] GONORHAMPHAE ... [Nationes] FRINGILLAEIDES ... [Genera] 15. AEgithalus B. (Les Moustaches Cuv.) 16. Struthus B. (Les Remiz Cuv.)" (Billberg 1828); "Aegithalus Billberg, 1828, Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae, I (ii), tab. A. Type, by monotypy, "Les Moustaches" of Cuvier = Parus biarmicus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2022).
● (Remizidae; syn. Remiz † European Penduline Tit R. pendulinus) "29. Familie. Meisen, Parus. ... 68 Gattung. Aegithalus. 4 199. pendulinus. 200. caudatus. ... 4 Die Vereinigung dieser Arten unter eine Gattung! hat mir passender gerschienen, als die Cuv. Eintheilung, welcher P. caudatus unter den eigentlichen Meisen täßt. Für meine Ansicht redet die Gewohnheit, ein fünftliches Nest zu bauen, die Bildung des Gefieders und die Vertheilung der Farben." (Boie 1822); "Aegithalus Boie, 1822, Isis von Oken, col. 556. Type, by subsequent designation (Vigors, 1825, Zool. Journal, II (vii), p. 397), Parus pendulinus." (JAJ 2019).
Var. Oegithalus.
● see Aegithalos
