Aegithalos

Aegithalos
Long-tailed tit (Ae. caudatus europaeus), France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae
Genus: Aegithalos
Hermann, 1804
Type species
Pipra europaea Hermann, 1804 = Aegithalos caudatus europaeus (Hermann, 1804)
Species

see text

Synonyms

Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (preoccupied: non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: synonym; non Moehring, 1758: suppressed)

Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing the majority of the species in the family. They are native to Europe and Asia.

Taxonomy

The genus Aegithalos was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, which he had otherwise tentatively named Pipra europaea Hermann, 1804.[1] This is a subspecies of Parus caudatus Linnaeus, 1758, now Aegithalos caudatus europaeus, the central European long-tailed tit.[2][3] The genus name is a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.[4]

Species

The genus contains the following eight species:[5]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameSubspeciesDistribution
Long-tailed titAegithalos caudatus17Throughout Europe and northern Asia, east to Kamchatka and Japan.
Silver-throated bushtitAegithalos glaucogularis2Central and eastern China and south towards Yunnan.
White-cheeked bushtitAegithalos leucogenysMonotypicAfghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan.
Pygmy bushtitAegithalos exilisMonotypicWestern and central Java, Indonesia.
Black-throated bushtitAegithalos concinnus7Foothills of the Himalaya, across northern India through north-eastern Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar, China, Vietnam, to Taiwan; includes Ae. c. annamensis and Ae. c. iredalei, formerly sometimes treated as separate species.[6]
White-throated bushtitAegithalos niveogularisMonotypicIndia, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Black-browed bushtitAegithalos iouschistos4Eastern and central Himalayas in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and far northern Burma; includes Ae. i. bonvaloti and Ae. i. sharpei, formerly sometimes treated as separate species.[6]
Sooty bushtitAegithalos fuliginosusMonotypiccentral China.

Fossil record

  • Aegithalos gaspariki (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) [7]
  • Aegithalos congruis (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) [7]

References

  1. ↑ Hermann, Johann (1804). Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur (in Latin). Argentorati [Strasbourg]: Amandum Koenig. p. 214.
  2. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 52.
  3. ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (PDF). Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 508. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Aegithalos". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  5. ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  6. 1 2 Hoyo, Josep del (2020). All the Birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx edicions. pp. 630–631. ISBN 978-84-16728-37-4.
  7. 1 2 Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.


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