Burmese bushtit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Aegithalidae |
Genus: | Aegithalos |
Species: | A. sharpei |
Binomial name | |
Aegithalos sharpei (Rippon, 1904) | |
The Burmese bushtit (Aegithalos sharpei) is a species of bird in the family Aegithalidae. It is endemic to the Chin Hills of Myanmar.
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