Aegithalos | |
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Long-tailed tit (A. caudatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Aegithalidae |
Genus: | Aegithalos Hermann, 1804 |
Type species | |
Pipra europaea[1] = Parus caudatus Hermann, 1804
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Species | |
10, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Orites G.R.Gray, 1841 (non Keyserling & Blasius, 1840: preoccupied; non Moehring, 1758: suppressed) |
Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family.