Aegithalos
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
Species
see text
Synonyms
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.

Taxonomy

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
	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.
	Black-browed bushtit	Aegithalos iouschistos	eastern and central Himalayas in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal 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]

References

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