Aegithalos

Aegithalos is a songbird genus in the family Aegithalidae. The genus name Aegithalos was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.[1]

Aegithalos
Long-tailed tit (A. caudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Aegithalidae
Genus:	Aegithalos Hermann, 1804
Species
10, see text
Synonyms
Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupied; non Moehring, 1758: suppressed)

Species

It contains the following nine species:[2]

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, 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.
	Burmese bushtit	Aegithalos sharpei	southwestern Myanmar.
	Sooty bushtit	Aegithalos fuliginosus	central China.
	Pygmy bushtit	Aegithalos exilis	Indonesia

Fossil record

• Aegithalos gaspariki (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) [3]
• Aegithalos congruis (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) [3]

References

1. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bushtits, leaf warblers, reed warblers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
3. Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.