Tits and Chickadees (Paridae) - HBW 12
Siberian Tit (Poecile cinctus)
French: Mésange lapone
German: Lapplandmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Lapón
Other common names: Alaskan Tit, Taiga/Grey/Grey-headed Chickadee (lathami)
Taxonomy: Parus cinctus Boddaert, 1783, Siberia.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Genus normally treated as feminine, but no evidence in original description or elsewhere justifies this, so genus is masculine by default. Forms a superspecies with P. hudsonicus and P. rufescens, and all have sometimes been treated as conspecific. Regularly hybridizes with P. montanus. Races intergrade, and boundaries between them poorly defined; ranges listed are provisional. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lapponicus ( Lundahl, 1848) - Fennoscandia (except S) and N European Russia.
- cinctus ( Boddaert, 1783) - NE European Russia and Siberia E to Bering Sea and Kamchatka, S to L Baikal and NC Mongolia.
- sayanus Sushkin, 1904 - S Siberia (Altai E to S Baikal area) and NW Mongolia.
- lathami ( Stephens, 1817) - NW USA (W & N Alaska) and NW Canada.
- Least Concern
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A bird moving through pine branches Oivanki, Oulu Province, Finland (ssp lapponicus)
Keith Blomerley 3 June 2007 2 years ago 28 sec 3.8
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A bird eating a seed. Lapland Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Dc.Owl 9 June 2009 21 weeks ago 2.3 -
A bird eating a seed near of a birdfeeder. Lapland Province, Finland (ssp lapponica)
Dc.Owl 9 June 2009 21 weeks ago 2.3
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