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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-cheeked Bushtit
- Described by
- (Moore, F, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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
Pygmy Bushtit
Aegithalos exilis
Black-throated Bushtit
Aegithalos concinnus
White-throated Bushtit
Aegithalos niveogularis
Black-browed Bushtit
Aegithalos iouschistos
Sooty Bushtit
Aegithalos fuliginosus
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