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.[1]
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 |
Species | |
10, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupied; non Moehring, 1758: suppressed) |
Species
It contains the following nine species:[2]
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 | |
Fossil record
- Aegithalos gaspariki (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) [3]
- Aegithalos congruis (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) [3]
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References
- Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
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