Baeolophus Ridgwayi Bird

Baeolophus Ridgwayi Bird

Baeolophus Ridgwayi Bird

English Name:  Juniper Titmouse
Latin Name:  Baeolophus ridgwayi
Protonym:  Parus inornatus ridgwayi Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 15 p.155
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Paridae / Baeolophus
Taxonomy Code:  juntit1
Type Locality:  Iron City, Utah.
Author:  Richmond
Publish Year:  1902
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

BAEOLOPHUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Tufted Titmouse B. bicolor) Gr. βαιος baios  small, little; λοφος lophos  crest; "Von Lophophanes wird zu trennen sein, nicht nur wegen Abweichung der Haubenbildung, sondern auch durch stärken Schnabel, längere Flügel und stärkere Füsse:   Gen. Baeolophus n. gen. (βαιοσ, unbedeutend; λοφοσ, Schopf)  Typus: B. bicolor. — Parus bicolor Lin. Wils. Lophophanes bicolor Kaup." (Cabanis 1853); "Baeolophus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 91, 1851 [= 1853] —type, by orig. desig., Parus bicolor Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 70).
Var. Baelophus, Bacolophus.

ridgway / ridgwayi
Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) US ornithologist, Smithsonian Curator of Birds 1880-1929 (Aegolius, syn. Amazona leucocephala, subsp. Anous stolidus, Antrostomus, subsp. Arremonops rufivirgatus, Baeolophus, syn. Basileuterus culicivorus, Buteo, subsp. Buteogallus urubitinga, subsp. Camptostoma imberbe, subsp. Certhidea fusca, subsp. Chasiempis sandwichensis, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Colinus virginianus, Cotinga, subsp. Cyanocitta stelleri, subsp. Dendrocincla fuliginosa, syn. Dendrocolaptes certhia concolor, syn. Dryobates scalaris parvus, subsp. Fregata minor, subsp. Geothlypis poliocephalaGlaucidium, subsp. Icterus icterus, subsp. Jacamerops aureus, subsp. Lagopus muta, subsp. Leiothlypis ruficapilla (ex Helmithophaga ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgway, 1874), subsp. Loxigilla noctis, syn. Megascops trichopsis, subsp. Myiobius atricaudus, Nesotriccus, subsp. Pandion haliaetus, syn. Passerella iliaca insularis, subsp. Pheugopedius coraya, Plegadis, subsp. Psarocolius wagleri, subsp. Scardafella squammata, Stelgidopteryx, Thalurania, subsp. Thryorchilus browni, subsp. Xenops genibarbis).

SUBSPECIES

Juniper Titmouse (ridgwayi)
Latin Name: Baeolophus ridgwayi ridgwayi
ridgway / ridgwayi
Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) US ornithologist, Smithsonian Curator of Birds 1880-1929 (Aegolius, syn. Amazona leucocephala, subsp. Anous stolidus, Antrostomus, subsp. Arremonops rufivirgatus, Baeolophus, syn. Basileuterus culicivorus, Buteo, subsp. Buteogallus urubitinga, subsp. Camptostoma imberbe, subsp. Certhidea fusca, subsp. Chasiempis sandwichensis, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Colinus virginianus, Cotinga, subsp. Cyanocitta stelleri, subsp. Dendrocincla fuliginosa, syn. Dendrocolaptes certhia concolor, syn. Dryobates scalaris parvus, subsp. Fregata minor, subsp. Geothlypis poliocephalaGlaucidium, subsp. Icterus icterus, subsp. Jacamerops aureus, subsp. Lagopus muta, subsp. Leiothlypis ruficapilla (ex Helmithophaga ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgway, 1874), subsp. Loxigilla noctis, syn. Megascops trichopsis, subsp. Myiobius atricaudus, Nesotriccus, subsp. Pandion haliaetus, syn. Passerella iliaca insularis, subsp. Pheugopedius coraya, Plegadis, subsp. Psarocolius wagleri, subsp. Scardafella squammata, Stelgidopteryx, Thalurania, subsp. Thryorchilus browni, subsp. Xenops genibarbis).

Juniper Titmouse (zaleptus)
Latin Name: Baeolophus ridgwayi zaleptus
zalepta / zaleptus
Gr. ζα- za- very; λεπτος leptos slender, delicate, narrow.