Long-tailed Tits Aegithalidae
This small family consists of 10 species split into 4 genera. They are found mostly in Palearctic Eurasia with a single species represented in North America and another in the mountains of Java.


Aegithalos

There are 6 species within this genus.

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus at the Attenborough nature reserve, near Nottingham, England, June 2009.







Psaltriparus

This is the only member of the genus.

Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus at Carr Canyon, near Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, June 2005.







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