Bird name: Long Tailed Tit
Latin: Aegithalos caudatus
Other: Mésange à Longue Queue
Family: Aegithalidae
Tag: Tits

Photo: monacoeye • Ventimiglia • Feb 2009

The Long Tailed Tit is a small fluffy bird, distinguished by its white markings and long tail. Seen here in woodland - it was eating the insects on the underside of the leaves.More photos...

183 Aegithalidae - Bushtits - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Not closely related to true tits (Paridae)

Aegithalos caudatus - Long-tailed Tit - Widespread Eurasia - Back to Long-tailed Tit even though not parid
Aegithalos glaucogularis - Silver-throated Bushtit - C, NE, EC China - Split from A. caudatus
Aegithalos leucogenys - White-cheeked Bushtit - SC Eurasia
Aegithalos concinnus - Black-throated Bushtit - Himalayas to S Vietnam
Aegithalos niveogularis - White-throated Bushtit - NW Himalayas
Aegithalos iouschistos - Rufous-fronted Bushtit - C, E Himalayas
Aegithalos bonvaloti - Black-browed Bushtit - NE Burma, SW China
Aegithalos sharpei - Burmese Bushtit - SW Burma - Split from A. bonvaloti
Aegithalos fuliginosus - Sooty Bushtit - NC China

Leptopoecile sophiae - White-browed Tit-warbler - C, SC Eurasia
Leptopoecile elegans - Crested Tit-warbler - Himalayas, C China

Psaltria exilis - Pygmy Bushtit - Java

Psaltriparus minimus - American Bushtit - SW Canada to Guatemala