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#REDIRECT [[Black-browed Tit]]
| 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 = ([[Émile Oustalet|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.

==References==<!-- FieldMusNatHistZoolSer18:343. -->
* MacKinnon, John & Karen Phillipps (2000) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of China'', Oxford University Press, Oxford.
* Robson, Craig (2002) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia'', New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd., London.

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[[Category:Aegithalos]]
[[Category:Birds of Burma]]
[[Category:Birds of China]]
[[Category:Birds of Bhutan]]
[[Category:Birds of Nepal]]

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Revision as of 17:14, 22 November 2011

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Black-browed Tit
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A. bonvaloti
Binomial name
Aegithalos bonvaloti
(Oustalet, 1892)

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 habitats are boreal forests 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.

References

  • MacKinnon, John & Karen Phillipps (2000) A Field Guide to the Birds of China, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Robson, Craig (2002) A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia, New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd., London.