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White-cheeked Bushtit

Aegithalos leucogenys(Moore, F, 1854)

English (US) White-cheeked Bushtit

The White-cheeked Bushtit (Aegithalos leucogenys) 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: juniper and ilex scrub of western Kashmir, Afghanistan, and northern PakistanRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Aegithalos leucogenys
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
White-cheeked Bushtit
Described by
(Moore, F, 1854)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Orites leucogenys
Described by
(Moore, F, 1854)
Type locality
woods above Balu Chughur, 4,000 ft., Kunar River, eastern Afghanistan.
Original description
A catalogue of the birds in The Museum of the Hononrable East-India Company 1 p.374

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 11 species of the family Aegithalidae