Michael,
Even if you count the whole WPA as Poms' land, the Americans still have one
more species of Paridae (not including Remizidae [Penduline Tits] and
Aegithalidae [Long-tailed Tits]). I guess, you shouldn't include the the
boobies to the count ... ;-)
Nikolas
American Tits (ABA):
1. CarolinaChickadee
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Mountain Chickadee
4. Mexican Chickadee
5. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
6. Boreal Chickadee
7. Gray-headed Chickadee
8. Bridled Titmouse
9. Oak Titmouse
10. Juniper Titmouse
11. Tufted Titmouse
12. Black-crested Titmouse
Western Palearctic Tits (WPA):
1. Sombre Tit
2. Caspian Tit
3. Marsh Tit
4. WillowTit
5. Grey-headed Chickadee
6. Coal Tit
7. Crested Tit
8. Great Tit
9. Blue Tit
10. African Blue Tit
11. Azure Tit
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
----- Original Message ----
From: michael norris <>
To: Belinda Cassidy <>;
Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 8:05:03 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: [Birding-Aus] Impact of bird-feeding on clutch size
Hi Belinda
I really appreciated your remarks on the calcium content of junk food and I
hope the researchers read them.
"Tit" for bird species is about 700 years old (Middle English) with the longer
form "titmouse" of obscure origins - but I can see why some would find that
preferable because of an even older word from about 1500 years ago, basically a
different pronunciation of "teat" in Old English.
But then Long-tailed Titmouse/Titmice is a rather long name.
Another option is to use the American "chickadee" but we Poms are somewhat
resistant to that (and have more Paridae than them). That said I note we have
given into the taxonomists - not to the politically correct - by renaming the
lovely Bearded Tit as the Bearded Reedling (because it is more related to
Bulbuls or some such).
Incidentally, "tit for tat" used to be "tip for tap" until about 500 years ago.
Michael Norris
Melbourne
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