Aegithalos


Aegithalos is a songbird genus in the family Aegithalidae. The genus name Aegithalos was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.

Species

It contains the following nine species:
ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Long-tailed titAegithalos caudatusnorthern Europe and the Palearctic, into boreal Scandinavia and south into the Mediterranean zone
Silver-throated bushtitAegithalos glaucogulariscentral and eastern China and south towards Yunnan
White-cheeked bushtitAegithalos leucogenysAfghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan.
Black-throated bushtitAegithalos concinnusfoothills of the Himalayas, stretching across northern India through north-eastern Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
White-throated bushtitAegithalos niveogularisIndia, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Rufous-fronted bushtitAegithalos iouschistoseastern and central Himalayas in Bhutan, China, India and Nepal
Black-browed bushtitAegithalos bonvalotimid-southern China and far northern Burma.
Burmese bushtitAegithalos sharpeisouthwestern Myanmar.
Sooty bushtitAegithalos fuliginosuscentral China.
Pygmy bushtitAegithalos exilisIndonesia

Fossil record