Silver-throated bushtit
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The silver-throated bushtit or silver-throated tit is a species of passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae, widespread throughout the temperate forests of Central, East and parts of North and Wester
Aegithalos glaucogularis
Illustration by Josephe Huët
A. g. glaucogularis, Ezhou, Hubei Province, China.
Long-tailed tit
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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
Silver-throated bushtit
…combines the Latin glaucus "glaucous" and the Neo-Latin gularis "throated". The silver-throated bushtit was formerly considered a subspecies of the long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) but its plumage is distinctive and there are significant genetic differences. Two subspecies are recognized…
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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