Leptopoecile
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White-browed tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae | |
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Genus: | Leptopoecile Severtzov, 1873
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Leptopoecile is a genus of bird in the long-tailed tit family Aegithalidae. The genus was once placed in the large family Sylviidae, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA placed it with the long-tailed tits.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Crested tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans)
- White-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
References
- ^ Harrap, Simon (2008), "Family Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 76–101, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3