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Topic: Aegithalidae


In the News (Mon 1 Dec 08)

  
  Long-tailed Tits page
The Long-tailed Tits are a small group of tiny passerines found mostly in Palearctic Eurasia but with a single species in western North America and another isolated in the mountains of Java.
This family is closely related to the tits, titmice, and chickadees [Paridae] and although they often occur together in the same general habitat, the closely knit family units of the Aegithalidae tend to forage most often in single species groups.
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N. This is a pleasant and solid addition to the family books in the Princeton series and it covers the Aegithalidae as well as the families named in the title.
montereybay.com /creagrus/longtailedtits.html   (1185 words)

  
 Aegithalidae --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The eight species are small, arboreal insect eaters with long, narrow tails; tiny bills; and silky, plain plumage.
Some authorities class the eight species of these birds as a subfamily of the titmouse family, Paridae.
Remizids are much like long-tailed tits (Aegithalidae) but have shorter tails and thinner bills and are usually found near water.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003844?tocId=9003844   (313 words)

  
 Clouds of Bushtits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
However, recent studies show that Bushtits are not as closely related to titmice and chickadees as they seem.
Now Bushtits are placed in the Long-tailed Tit Family, the Aegithalidae, formed mostly of Eurasian species.
They are so small, full of energy and curiosity that your spirit just has to rise when you watch them, the same as if you were watching kids or pups thoroughly enjoying themselves.
www.backyardnature.net /sierras/bushtit1.htm   (312 words)

  
 TITS, NUTHATCHES AND TREECREEPERS - WildNet Africa Wildlife Book File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Many of these species are common within their ranges and some are amongst the most-studied birds in the world, but others are poorly known and a few are endangered.
The Paridae ('true' tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species of nuthatch and eight treecreepers.
The 36 highly detailed plates illustrate all the species and many races, and there are over 100 colour maps and additional line drawings.
www.wildcare.org.za /goodies/b036.html   (212 words)

  
 Birds of India - Black-browed Tit - Aegithalos iouschistos - Aegithalidae - Passeriformes - Birding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Birds of India - Black-browed Tit - Aegithalos iouschistos - Aegithalidae - Passeriformes - Birding
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Passeriformes Family: Aegithalidae Size: 11 cm
Black-browed Tit (Aegithalos iouschistos), also known as Rufous-fronted Tit, is a local resident in central and east Himalayas in India.
www.birding.in /birds/Passeriformes/Aegithalidae/black-browed_tit.htm   (57 words)

  
 Passeres-China Birds Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Most of the nests are refined bowl-like with soft shoots and grass, decorated by soft materials like moss, beast hairs and feathers inside the nests.
Some species, such as Pittidae, Aegithalidae, Aegithalidae, Pylloscopinae and Spanish sparrow, weave a ball-like nest with plant fibre and moss, and mouth of nest is on the lateral side.
Moreover, some species of Nectariniidae and Remizinae can weave ingeniously nests in a bag shape and hang the nest on the top of a branch.
www.chinatibettravel.net /cnbirds/birds-2-1.htm   (401 words)

  
 Bushtit (Aegithalidae) Picture and ID   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bushtit (Aegithalidae) Picture and ID Green Nature Home :: Green Nature Photography :: Green Nature Travel :: Auction Aid :: Clip Art ::
Bushtits are very cute and very small birds (~ 3 and 1/2 inches) that often travel in flocks, eating seeds and insects.
Green Nature: Your starting point for environment and nature pictures, news, information, clip art and more.
greennature.com /article908.html   (152 words)

  
 CISAB | Animal Behavior Bulletin, Volume 2 Number 3 (Jul 1997)
Sarah Sloane, in her dissertation research at the University of Michigan, researched the breeding of bushtits in the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona and found a fascinating, highly flexible breeding system in which active nests frequently had helpers (Sloane 1992, 1996).
Bushtits, the sole New World members of the family Aegithalidae, were among the first three avian species listed as displaying cooperative breeding.
Yet until Sloane's study in Arizona, they had been relatively under represented in the literature.
www.indiana.edu /~animal/archive/ABB/1997_2(3).html   (1246 words)

  
 Searching Shop-NC.com for Aegithalida
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www.shop-nc.com /DB/searchProducts.asp?S=128&SS=Aegithalida&SB=Title   (80 words)

  
 eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
Q: I see a very small bird that frequents the same areas as hummingbirds in my back yard.
Family: Aegithalidae, Bushtits view all from this family
Gray above with light underparts; small bill; and relatively long tail.
www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=BD0008   (247 words)

  
 Worldbirder.com - Photo Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This guide covers all 110 of the world\'s species of tits, nuthatches and creepers.
The Parulidae ("true" tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species of nuthatch and eight creepers.
Worldbirder will host them for everyone to see, free of charge!
www.worldbirder.com /photonew/xpages/photo.asp?PhotoID=527   (243 words)

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