Leptopoecile

Leptopoecile
White-browed tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Aegithalidae
Genus:	Leptopoecile Severtzov, 1873
Type species
Leptopoecile sophiae [1] Severtzov, 1873

Leptopoecile is a genus of birds in the long-tailed tit family Aegithalidae. The genus was once placed in the large family Sylviidae, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA placed it with the long-tailed tits. ^[2]

The genus contains two species: ^[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	White-browed tit-warbler	Leptopoecile sophiae	the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and much of Northwest China.
	Crested tit-warbler	Leptopoecile elegans	China and possibly India.

References

1. "Aegithalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Harrap, Simon (2008), "Family Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 76–101, ISBN   978-84-96553-45-3
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2018.