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Alternative name: Silver-throated Bushtit
- Aegithalos glaucogularis
Identification
Distribution
Northern, western and central China.
Taxonomy
Formerly included in Long-tailed Tit.
Two subspecies recognized:
- A. g. glaucogularis: Central China (mountains of western Sichuan to Yangtze delta)
- A. g. vinaceus: Northern and western China (Liaoning to Gansu, Qinghai and northern Yunnan)
Habitat
Behaviour
Flight
Flight is short, whirring bursts and drops. Looks like a bouncing ball of fluff with a tail. Usually in flocks playing follow-my-leader from one patch of cover to another.
Seldom stays still for long, flitting about within a bush, chasing insects.
Breeding
Woven nests containing spider webs and lichen are built in a tree or shrub. Up to a dozen eggs per litter.
Diet
Diet includes insects
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
