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 are found in Eurasia. Bushtits are active birds wit
Aegithalos caudatus side on
In the non-breeding season American bushtit pairs join into large flocks
White browed Tit Warbler male at Panamic, Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India
The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit is a common bird species belonging to the bushtit family found throughout Eurasia. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous and mixed woodlands as well as scrub
Aegithalidae
…mountainous habitats in and around the Himalayas, and all are found in Eurasia except the American bushtit, which is native to western North America. The long-tailed tit has the most widespread distribution of any species of Aegithalidae, occurring across Eurasia from Britain to Japan. Two species, in contrast, have…
Juveniles of all subspecies (here, Ae. c. rosaceus) have a diffuse, broad dark eyestripe
Aegithalos caudatus caudatus with white head in Berlin
Ae. c. caudatus as a vagrant in Shetland, a sea crossing of 300 km from the nearest breeding populations in Norway