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Tityra semifasciata  (Spix, 1825)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554454

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pachyrynchus semifasciatus Spix, 1825
  
  Common Name(s): Masked Tityra [English]
  
    Titira enmascarada [Spanish]
  
    Titira enmascarado [Spanish]
  
    titira-mascarada [Portuguese]
  
    Tityre masqué [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyTityridae  – tityras, becards, sharpbill  
                               GenusTityra Vieillot, 1816 – Tityras  
                                  SpeciesTityra semifasciata (Spix, 1825) – Masked Tityra, Titira enmascarada, Titira enmascarado, titira-mascarada, Tityre masqué  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata columbiana Ridgway, 1906  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata costaricensis Ridgway, 1906  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata deses Bangs, 1915  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata fortis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata griseiceps Ridgway, 1888  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata hannumi Van Rossem & Hachisuka, 1937  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata nigriceps J. A. Allen, 1888  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata personata Jardine & Selby, 1827  
                                     Subspecies Tityra semifasciata semifasciata (Spix, 1825)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Masked Tityra[English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Titira enmascarada[Spanish]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata, Masked Tityra [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.05.28, website (version 28-May-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata, Masked Tityra [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Howell, Steve N. G., Ian Lewington, and Will Russell  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rare Birds of North America   
  Page(s): xviii + 428   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780691117966   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tityra semifasciata, Masked Tityra [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Incidental  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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