Aegithalos
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| Aegithalos | |
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| Long-tailed tit (A. caudatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Aegithalidae |
| Genus: | Aegithalos Hermann, 1804 |
| Type species | |
| Pipra europaea Hermann, 1804=Parus caudatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (preoccupied: non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: synonym; non Moehring, 1758: suppressed) | |
Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family.
The genus Aegithalos was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, Pipra europaea Hermann, 1804.[1] This is a junior synonym of Parus caudatus Linnaeus, 1758, the long-tailed tit.[2][3] The genus name is a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.[4]
Species
The genus contains the following eight species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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_(34979902626).jpg) | 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. |
_JEG9985_(cropped).jpg) | White-throated bushtit | Aegithalos niveogularis | India, Nepal, and Pakistan. |
.jpg) | Black-browed bushtit | Aegithalos iouschistos | eastern and central Himalayas in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and far northern Burma |
| Sooty bushtit | Aegithalos fuliginosus | central China. |
.jpg) | Pygmy bushtit | Aegithalos exilis | Indonesia |
Fossil record
References
- ↑ Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati [Strasbourg]: Amandum Koenig. p. 214.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 52.
- ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (PDF). Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Aegithalos". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
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