Ooops. I checked my book and it was published in 2000, so maybe it's a bit
out of date now. If you do find the correct answer Devorah, maybe you could
drop a note to Tweeters. I would be interested in finding out what happened
to the genus.

Regards,
Daniel B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Devorah A. N. Bennu [mailto:nyneve at amnh.org]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 7:59 AM
To: Dan
Subject: RE: Great tit scientific name?



REALLY? according to my sources, Parus no longer exists as a genus.

hrm.

Devorah A. N. Bennu, PhD
Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular Systematics Laboratories
Department of Ornithology
The American Museum of Natural History
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Dan wrote:

> Hi Devorah. The latest edition of "The Complete Guide to the Birds of
> Europe" (Mullarney, Svensson, Zetterstrom & Grant) says "Parus major".
>
> Regards,
> Daniel Bastaja
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Devorah A. N. Bennu
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 7:41 AM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Great tit scientific name?
>
>
>
> Hello tweets,
>
> the genus Parus was split into several genera recently. okay, a
> couple years ago. Does anyone recall the new name for the great
> tit, Parus major?
>
> regards,
>
> Devorah A. N. Bennu, PhD
> Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow
> Molecular Systematics Laboratories
> Department of Ornithology
> The American Museum of Natural History
> Central Park West at West 79th Street
> New York, NY 10024-5192
> 212.313.7784 (office) 212.313.6962 or 212.313.7773 (lab)
> email:nyneve at amnh.org or nyneve at myUW.net
> work page http://research.amnh.org/ornithology/personnel/bennu.htm
> personal pages http://research.amnh.org/users/nyneve/
>
>
>
>