Aegithalos

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Aegithalidae
Genus: Aegithalos
Species: A. bonvaloti - A. caudatus - A. concinnus – A. exilis – A. fuliginosus – A. glaucogularis – A. iouschistos - A. leucogenys - A. niveogularis – A. sharpei

Name

Aegithalos Hermann, 1804
Typus

Pipra europaea Hermann, 1804, = Aegithalos europaeus = Aegithalos caudatus europaeus

Synonymy

Pipra Hermann, 1804, non Pipra Linnaeus, 1764 (nom. inval.)
Psaltria Temminck, 1836

References

Observationes Zoologicae: 214.

Vernacular names
English: Bushtit
Esperanto: Egitaloj
magyar: Őszapó
日本語: エナガ属
한국어: 오목눈이속
latviešu: Garastītes
саха тыла: Уһун кутуруктаах чычып-чааптар уустара
Türkçe: Uzunkuyruk
українська: Довгохвоста синиця

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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]
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

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