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LONG-TAILED TIT

Aegithalos caudatus

Length

13 - 15 cm

Wingspan

16 - 20 cm

Classification

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae

Aegithalos caudatus

Habitat

Fairly common in wooded habitats, forests, parks, gardens. It breeds in forests with abundant undergrowth as well as in bushy areas. Confident but tireless, he usually allows only fleeting observations.

Description

.Very small, rounded and with a long black tail with white edges. It has a white head with a wide black eyebrow. Short beak and black eye. Flanks and belly pinkish brown with a greyish back. Often moves in groups, sometimes joining in mixed flocks with other birds.

Aegithalos caudatus
Regular | Occasional                Resident | Transient | Winter | Summer

Description

.Very small, rounded and with a long black tail with white edges. It has a white head with a wide black eyebrow. Short beak and black eye. Flanks and belly pinkish brown with a greyish back. Often moves in groups, sometimes joining in mixed flocks with other birds.

Regular | Occasional
Resident | Transient | Winter | Summer