Friday, April 13, 2012

>>Genus Leptopoecile

Leptopoecile


Leptopoecile
White-browed Tit-warbler
Leptopoecile sophiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Aegithalidae
Genus:Leptopoecile
Severtzov, 1873
Leptopoecile is a genus of bird 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. It contains the following species:
  • Crested Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans)
  • White-browed Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)

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