Family
Long-tailed Tits
Aegithalidae
11 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The bushtits or long-tailed tits are small passerine birds from the 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.
Species in this family
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
- Pygmy Tit Aegithalos exilis
- Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus
- Silver-throated Tit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Black-browed Tit Aegithalos iouschistos
- White-cheeked Tit Aegithalos leucogenys
- White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis
- Crested Tit-Warbler Leptopoecile elegans
- White-browed Tit-Warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus