Devorah:

Over in Russia several authors (like V. Nechaev) split the eastern Oriental
Tit (Parus minor) from the more westerly Great Tit.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
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>From: "Devorah A. N. Bennu" <nyneve at amnh.org>
>Reply-To: nyneve at amnh.org
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Great tit scientific name?
>Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:41:00 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>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
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