Passeriformes / Aegithalidae / Aegithalos
Silver-throated Bushtit
Aegithalos glaucogularis · 银喉长尾山雀
Introduction
A passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae, widespread throughout the temperate forests of Central, East, and parts of North and Western China. Native habitats are mainly along the middle and lower Yangtze and Yellow River basins, with a small southwestern extension in Yunnan along the Lancang valley within the Hengduan Mountains. Two subspecies are recognized.
Distribution & Habitat
Native to temperate forests of Central, East, and parts of North and Western China. Main habitats are along the middle/lower Yangtze and Yellow River basins, with a small southwestern habitat extension in Yunnan along the Lancang valley within the Hengduan Mountains. Two subspecies: A. g. glaucogularis (nominate) is native to the middle/lower Yangtze basin in Central East China; A. g. vinaceus is native to the Yellow River basin in North China, with extensions into western Liaoning, central Gansu, eastern Qinghai, western Sichuan, and Yunnan.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Aegithalidae
- Genus
- Aegithalos
Subspecies (2)
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Aegithalos glaucogularis glaucogularis
central China (mountains of western Sichuan to Yangtze delta)
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
