Crested Tit-warbler
Leptopoecile elegansPrzevalski, NM, 1887
English (US) Crested Tit-warbler
The Crested Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans) 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: coniferous forest of north-central China to Tibet and SichuanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leptopoecile elegans
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crested Tit-warbler
- Described by
- Przevalski, NM, 1887
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Przevalski, NM, 1887
- Type locality
- upper Huang Ho near Lake Koko Nor (= Ch'ing-hai Hu), northeastern Tsinghai.
- Original description
- Zapiski Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk 55 p.77
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
White-browed Tit-warbler
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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
Sooty Bushtit
Aegithalos fuliginosus
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