Sooty Bushtit
Aegithalos fuliginosus(Verreaux, JP, 1871)
English (US) Sooty Bushtit
The Sooty Bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Aegithalidae (Tit-warblers, Bushtits, and Long-tailed Tit) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: mountains of central China (Sichuan, southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, and southwestern Hubei)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegithalos fuliginosus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sooty Bushtit
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Mecistura fuliginosa
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1871)
- Type locality
- eastern Tibet [= western Szechwan, fide Verreaux, 1872, ihid., 7, p. 57].
- Original description
- Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Bulletin 6, fasc.4 p.39
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Tit-warblers, Bushtits, and Long-tailed Tit
Crested Tit-warbler
Leptopoecile elegans
White-browed Tit-warbler
Leptopoecile sophiae
American Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
Silver-throated Bushtit
Aegithalos glaucogularis
White-cheeked Bushtit
Aegithalos leucogenys
Pygmy Bushtit
Aegithalos exilis
Black-throated Bushtit
Aegithalos concinnus
White-throated Bushtit
Aegithalos niveogularis
Black-browed Bushtit
Aegithalos iouschistos
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