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
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Species | |
10, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupied; 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, 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, 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 |
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) |
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, 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 |
---|---|---|---|
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, 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 |