>Leptopoecile elegans (Crested Tit-warbler)

Crested Tit-warbler

Crested Tit-warbler
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Aegithalidae
Genus:	Leptopoecile
Species:	L. elegans
Binomial name
Leptopoecile elegans Prezwalski, 1887

The Crested Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans) is a species of bird in the Aegithalidae family. It is found in China and possibly India. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.

>>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)