Aegithalos

Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family.

Aegithalos
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)

Taxonomy

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]

Species

The genus contains following nine species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	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.
	Sooty bushtit	Aegithalos fuliginosus	central China.
	Pygmy bushtit	Aegithalos exilis	Indonesia

Fossil record

• Aegithalos gaspariki (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) ^[6]
• Aegithalos congruis (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) ^[6]