Cinreus/Japanese Tit
From the HKBWS 2022 minutes....
Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus 蒼背山雀
Recent DNA evidence from southeast China conclusively shows that the taxon commixtus is a subspecies of Japanese Tit Parus minor and not of Cinereous Tit P. cinereus. The RC has taken note of this and transferred all records of commixtus from P. cinereus to P. minor. As a result, there are no records of P. cinereus and the species is removed from the HK list. Japanese Tit P. minor remains on the HK list and is now represented by two subspecies: commixtus, which is very common and widespread in HK, and nominate minor, which was first recorded in 2013 and is rare. Intergrades may also occur.[/I]
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