Aegithalos
Genus of birds
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Taxonomy
The genus Aegithalos was introduced in 1804 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann to accommodate a single species, which he had otherwise tentatively named Pipra europaea Hermann, 1804. This is a subspecies of Parus caudatus Linnaeus, 1758, now Aegithalos caudatus europaeus, the central European long-tailed tit. The genus name is a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.
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Species
The genus contains the following eight species:
Fossil record
- Aegithalos gaspariki (Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary)
- Aegithalos congruis (Pliocene of Csarnota, Hungary)
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