THE WORLD BIRDS - An Online Bird Book
The
long-tail tits, also known as
bushtits, are small and generally drab birds with moderately long tails. All but one of the species (American Bushtit) are found in Eurasia. They are active birds, moving almost constantly while they forage for insects in shrubs and trees. During non-breeding season, birds live in flocks. There are 11 species in this family.
Genus Aegithalos
Many of these
tits are also known as
bushtits. For example, the Black-throated tit is also called the Black-throated BushTit.
Tit,_Black-browed also
Rufous-fronted tit
Aegithalos iouschistos Found: China, India, Nepal
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Andy_Li 2)
Francesco Veronesi
Tit,_Black-throated also
Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus Found: Asia
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Johnny Wee 2)
Hiyashi
Halso 3)
Robert tdc 4)
Francesco Veronesi
Tit,_Long-tailed Aegithalos caudatus Found: Europe, Asia
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Agustin_Povedano 2) Slawek
Staszczuk 3)
AndreasTrepte 4)
Cristiano Crolle - Arese. Italy
Tit,_Silver-throated Aegithalos glaucogularis Found: China
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John Gould 2)
Dave Fletcher
Tit,_Sooty Aegithalos fuliginosus Found: China
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Joseph Huet
Tit,_White-cheeked Aegithalos leucogenys Found: Afghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan
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John Gould
Tit,_White-throated Aegithalos niveogularis Found: India, Nepal, and Pakistan
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John Gould
Genus Leptopoecile
The Tit-Warblers were once consider to be placed in the Sylvidae family, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA placed it with the long-tailed tits.
Tit-Warbler, Crested Leptopoecile elegans Found: China
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Dave_Curtis
Tit-Warbler, White-browed Leptopoecile sophiae Found: Asia
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Imran_Shah - Pakistan 2)
Ron Knight
Genus Psaltria - 1 species
Tit,_Pygmy also
Pygmy Bushtit Psaltria exilis Found: Indonesia (Java)
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John Gould 2)
Lip Kee
Genus Psaltriparus - 1 species
BushTit,_American also
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Found: west North America, Central America
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winnu 2)
Maggie Smith - California
32)
eyesplash
- Vancouver, Canada 4)
Charlie Westerinen - California
1) Female (yellow eyes) 2, 3, 4) Male (dark eyes)
The Panuridae family has only one species, the bearded reedling. No other living species seems to be particularly closely related to it.
Genus Panurus - 1 species
Reedling, Bearded Panurus biarmicus
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1, 4) Smudge 9000 - Kent, England 2)
Martin Mecnarowski 3)
Francesco
Veronesi - Hungary
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male