Parus
Sign in to saveParus is a genus of Old World birds in the tit family Paridae. It was formerly a large genus containing most of the 50 odd species in the family Paridae. The genus was split into several resurrected genera following the publication of a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2013. The genus name, Parus, is the Latin word for "tit".
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Parus is a genus of small birds found in the Old World that belongs to the tit family, a group known for their distinctive appearance and behavior. The genus was once much larger but was reorganized in 2013 based on genetic research, which split it into several smaller groups to better reflect how these birds are actually related to each other.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyParidae
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Parus is a genus of Old World birds in the tit family Paridae. It was formerly a large genus containing most of the 50 odd species in the family Paridae. The genus was split into several resurrected genera following the publication of a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2013. The genus name, Parus, is the Latin word for "tit".
==Taxonomy== The genus Parus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The genus name is Latin for "tit". Of the 12 species included in the genus by Linnaeus, the type species was designated as the great tit (Parus major) by George Robert Gray in 1840.