Aegithalos

Aegithalos
Long-tailed tit (A. caudatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Aegithalidae
Genus:	Aegithalos Hermann, 1804
Type species
Pipra europaea [1] = Parus caudatus Hermann, 1804
Species
10, see text
Synonyms
OritesG.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupied; 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, the long-tailed tit. ^{[2] [3]} The genus name was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit. ^[4]

Species

The genus contains following nine 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.
	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.
	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. "Aegithalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati [Strasbourg]: Amandum Koenig. p. 214.
3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 52.
4. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  33. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
6. Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.