Black-browed Tit
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and {Taxobox
| name = Black-browed Tit
| image =
| status = NR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Aves
| ordo = Passeriformes
| familia = Aegithalidae
| genus = Aegithalos
| species = A. bonvaloti
| binomial = Aegithalos bonvaloti
| binomial_authority = (Oustalet
, 1892)
| synonyms = }}
The Black-browed Tit (Aegithalos bonvaloti) is a species of bird
in the Aegithalidae family. It is found in China
and Burma and Nepal
. Its natural habitat
s are boreal forest
s and temperate forests. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Rufous-fronted Tit
(A. iouschistos) of the central and eastern Himalayas
but is now often regarded as a separate species. Sometimes the subspecies A. b. sharpei (Burmese Tit) of western Burma is also treated as a species.
It is a small, long-tailed bird, 11–12 cm long. It has grey upperparts, rufous breast and flanks and a white belly. The head is buff with a broad black mask, white forehead and a white bib, speckled black in the centre. The Burmese Tit has white rather than buff on the head, a dark breastband and a buff belly.
| name = Black-browed Tit
| image =
| status = NR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Aves
| ordo = Passeriformes
| familia = Aegithalidae
| genus = Aegithalos
Aegithalos
Aegithalos is a songbird genus in the family Aegithalidae.It contains the following species:* White-necklaced Tit, Aegithalos fuliginosus* Rufous-fronted Tit, Aegithalos iouschistos* Black-browed Tit, Aegithalos bonvaloti...
| species = A. bonvaloti
| binomial = Aegithalos bonvaloti
| binomial_authority = (Oustalet
Émile Oustalet
Jean-Frédéric Émile Oustalet was a French zoologist.Oustalet was born at Montbéliard, in the department of Doubs. He studied at the Ecole des Hautes-Etudes and his first scientific work was on the respiratory organs of dragonfly larvae...
, 1892)
| synonyms = }}
The Black-browed Tit (Aegithalos bonvaloti) is a species of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Aegithalidae family. It is found in China
China
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and Burma and Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. Its natural habitat
Habitat
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s are boreal forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s and temperate forests. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Rufous-fronted Tit
Rufous-fronted Tit
The Rufous-fronted Tit is a small passerine bird of the eastern and central Himalayas belonging to the long-tailed tit family, Aegithalidae. It forms a superspecies with the Black-browed Tit of China and northern Burma and the White-throated Tit of the western Himalayas...
(A. iouschistos) of the central and eastern Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
but is now often regarded as a separate species. Sometimes the subspecies A. b. sharpei (Burmese Tit) of western Burma is also treated as a species.
It is a small, long-tailed bird, 11–12 cm long. It has grey upperparts, rufous breast and flanks and a white belly. The head is buff with a broad black mask, white forehead and a white bib, speckled black in the centre. The Burmese Tit has white rather than buff on the head, a dark breastband and a buff belly.