Aegithalos

Aegithalos
Long-tailed tit (A. caudatus)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati [Strasbourg]: Amandum Koenig. p. 214.
  2. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 52.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. "Aegithalos". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  5. ^ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  6. ^ a b Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.


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