Wednesday, April 11, 2012

>>Genus Aegithalos

Aegithalos


Aegithalos
Long-tailed Tit (A. caudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Aegithalidae
Genus:Aegithalos
Hermann, 1804
Species
7-8, see text
Synonyms
Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupiednon Moehring, 1758:suppressed)
Aegithalos is a songbird genus in the family Aegithalidae.
It contains the following species:
  • White-necklaced Tit, Aegithalos fuliginosus
  • Rufous-fronted Tit, Aegithalos iouschistos
  • Black-browed Tit, Aegithalos bonvaloti
    • Burmese Tit, Aegithalos (bonvaloti) sharpei
  • White-cheeked Tit, Aegithalos leucogenys
  • White-throated Tit, Aegithalos niveogularis
  • Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus
  • Black-throated Tit, Aegithalos concinnus

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