Aegithalos
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Rust-capped tit ( Aegithalos concinnus ) |
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The genus Aegithalos is one of three genera from the family of tailed tits ( Aegithalidae), which is closely related to the actual tits (Paridae) and the bag titmouse (Remizidae). It includes six types.
All six species are native to Eurasia. The tailed tit ( Aegithalos caudatus ) is widespread throughout the Palearctic, but is absent in the Himalayas . Four of the other species are native there. The black tailed tit is endemic to central China .
Ae. iouschistos and Ae. niveogularis presumably form a super species . With Ae. concinnus and Ae. leucogenys they are sometimes grouped together to form the subgenus or genus Aegithaliscus due to their relatively short tail .
species
- Tailed tit ( Aegithalos caudatus )
- Rust-capped tit ( Aegithalos concinnus ) - Himalayas eastward via Indochina to China
- Black-throated-tailed tit or white-cheeked-tailed tit ( Aegithalos leucogenys ) - Northwest Kashmir and Afghanistan
- Stainless Wangen-tailed Tit ( Aegithalos iouschistos ) - western part of the Himalayas
- White-throated tail tit ( Aegithalos niveogularis ) - Eastern Himalayas, Indochina to Central China
- Gray-headed-tailed tit or soot -tailed tit ( Aegithalos fuliginosus ) - Central China
literature
- UN Glutz von Blotzheim, KM Bauer : Handbook of the birds of Central Europe (HBV). Volume 13 / I: Passeriformes. 4th part: Muscicapidae - Paridae. AULA-Verlag 1993/2001, ISBN 3-923527-00-4 .
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