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Aegithalos
''Aegithalos'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family (biology), family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family. Taxonomy The genus ''Aegithalos'' was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, the long-tailed tit. The genus name was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit. Species The genus contains following nine species: Fossil record *''Aegithalos gaspariki'' (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149. *''Aegithalos congruis'' (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) References Aegithalos, Bird genera Taxa named by Johann Hermann Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-tailed Tit
The long-tailed tit (''Aegithalos caudatus''), also named long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic. The genus name ''Aegithalos'' was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit. Taxonomy and systematics The long-tailed tit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''Parus caudatus''. The specific epithet ''caudatus'' is the Latin word for "tailed". Linnaeus did not invent this Latin name. "''Parus caudatus''" had been used by earlier authors such as the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in 1555, the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1599, and the English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676. Willughby listed the English name as the "long tail'd titmouse". Its previous common nickname in everyday English was the bum-towel, from the shape of its tail. The long-tailed tit was first classified as a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegithalos
''Aegithalos'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family (biology), family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family. Taxonomy The genus ''Aegithalos'' was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, the long-tailed tit. The genus name was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit. Species The genus contains following nine species: Fossil record *''Aegithalos gaspariki'' (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149. *''Aegithalos congruis'' (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) References Aegithalos, Bird genera Taxa named by Johann Hermann Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegithalos Caudatus Vinaceus
''Aegithalos'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family. Taxonomy The genus ''Aegithalos'' was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, the long-tailed tit. The genus name was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit. Species The genus contains following nine species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...: Fossil record *''Aegithalos gaspariki'' (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149. *''Aegithalos congruis'' (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary) References Bird genera Taxa named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver-throated Bushtit
The silver-throated bushtit or silver-throated tit (''Aegithalos glaucogularis'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae, widespread throughout the temperate forests of Central, East and parts of North and Western China. The bird's native habitats are mainly along the middle/lower Yangtze and Yellow River basins, although there is also a small southwestern habitat extension in Yunnan along the Mekong, Lancang valley within the Hengduan Mountains. It has two recognized subspecies. History A paper on the silver-throated bushtit by the English naturalist Frederic Moore was read at a meeting of the Zoological Society of London on 27 June 1854. The English ornithologist John Gould then included the silver-throated bushtit in his book ''The Birds of Asia'' and cited Moore's paper. Gould used Moore's Specific name (zoology), specific name but a different genus to obtain the binomial name ''Mecistura glaucogularis''. He specified the type locality (biology), type l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegithalidae
The bushtits or long-tailed tits are small passerine birds from the family (biology), family Aegithalidae, containing 13 species in three genera, all but one of which (''Psaltriparus'') are found in Eurasia. Bushtits are active birds with long tails compared to their size, moving almost constantly while they forage for insects in shrubs and trees. During non-breeding season, birds live in flocks of up to 50 individuals. Several bushtit species display cooperative breeding behavior, also called helpers at the nest. Distribution and habitat All the Aegithalidae are forest birds, particularly forest edge and understory habitats. The species in the genus ''Aegithalos'' prefer deciduous forest, deciduous or mixed deciduous forests, while the Indonesian pygmy bushtit is found mostly in montane forest, montane coniferous forest. Bushtits are found in a wide range of habitats, including on occasion sagebrush steppe and other arid shrublands, but are most common in mixed woodland. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-browed Bushtit
The black-browed bushtit or black-browed tit (''Aegithalos bonvaloti'') is a species of bird in the family Aegithalidae. It is found in mid-southern China and sporadically in Myanmar. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the rufous-fronted tit (''A. iouschistos'') of the central and eastern Himalayas but is now often regarded as a separate species. Sometimes the subspecies ''A. b. sharpei'' (Burmese tit) of western Burma is also treated as a species. Taxonomy The black-browed bushtit was formally described and illustrated in 1892 by the French zoologist Émile Oustalet based on a specimen collected by the French explorer, Gabriel Bonvalot, and his companions near Kangding in the province of Sichuan of southwest China. Oustalet coined the binomial name ''Acredula bonvaloti''. The black-browed bushtit is now one of nine species placed in the genus ''Aegithalos'' that was introduced in 1804 by the French nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sooty Bushtit
The sooty bushtit (''Aegithalos fuliginosus'') is a species of bird in the family of Aegithalidae. It is endemic to central China. Its natural habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ... is temperate forests. It is also known as the white-necklaced tit, white-necklaced bushtit, or the sooty tit. References sooty bushtit Birds of Central China Endemic birds of China sooty bushtit Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmy Bushtit
The pygmy bushtit (''Aegithalos exilis'') is a species of bird in the bushtit family Aegithalidae. The species was once placed, along with the rest of its family, with the true tits, Paridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs only on the island of Java. On Java it is restricted to montane forests and plantations above and occasionally down to in the west of the island. It frequents conifer forest and other open forest types, and is often encountered on the forest edge. The pygmy bushtit is the smallest member of its family, and the smallest passerine. It is in length. The pygmy bushtit was formerly placed in its own monotypic genus ''Psaltria''. It was moved to the current genus ''Aegithalos'' based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-throated Bushtit
The white-throated bushtit (''Aegithalos niveogularis''), also known as the white-throated tit, is a species of bird in the family Aegithalidae. It is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s. References white-throated bushtit Birds of North India Birds of Nepal Endemic birds of the Himalayas white-throated bushtit Taxonomy articles created by Polbot white-throated bushtit {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
