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Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family.
Aegithalos | |
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Long-tailed tit (A. caudatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Aegithalidae |
Genus: | Aegithalos Hermann, 1804 |
Type species | |
Pipra europaea[1] = Parus caudatus Hermann, 1804 | |
Species | |
10, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupied; non Moehring, 1758: suppressed) |
The genus Aegithalos was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, the long-tailed tit.[2][3] The genus name was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.[4]
The genus contains following ten species:[5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Long-tailed tit | Aegithalos caudatus | northern Europe and the Palearctic, into boreal Scandinavia and south into the Mediterranean zone |
![]() | Silver-throated bushtit | Aegithalos glaucogularis | central and eastern China and south towards Yunnan |
![]() | White-cheeked bushtit | Aegithalos leucogenys | Afghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan. |
![]() | Black-throated bushtit | Aegithalos concinnus | foothills of the Himalayas, stretching across northern India through north-eastern Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar, China, Vietnam, and Taiwan. |
![]() | White-throated bushtit | Aegithalos niveogularis | India, Nepal, and Pakistan. |
![]() | Rufous-fronted bushtit | Aegithalos iouschistos | eastern and central Himalayas in Bhutan, China, India and Nepal |
![]() | Black-browed bushtit | Aegithalos bonvaloti | mid-southern China and far northern Burma. |
![]() | Burmese bushtit | Aegithalos sharpei | southwestern Myanmar. |
![]() | Sooty bushtit | Aegithalos fuliginosus | central China. |
![]() | Pygmy bushtit | Aegithalos exilis | Indonesia |
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