Sooty bushtit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Aegithalidae |
Genus: | Aegithalos |
Species: | A. fuliginosus |
Binomial name | |
Aegithalos fuliginosus (Verreaux, 1869) | |
The sooty bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus) is a species of bird in the family Aegithalidae. It is endemic to central China.
Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
It can also be known as the white-necklaced tit, white-necklaced bushtit, or the sooty tit.
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