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Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus · Family Aegithalidae

Aegithalos caudatus

Family Aegithalidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Aegithalidae
GBIF occurrence records
3,276,176
Countries and territories with records
75
Long-tailed Tit
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About this species

This species has 3,276,176 occurrence records from 75 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (18.7%), the Netherlands (15.4%), France (11.9%), Sweden (11.8%) and Spain (9.6%); together they account for 67.4% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 0.97% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Aegithalos caudatus combines the genus name Aegithalos with the species epithet caudatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Aegithalos; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Aegithalos concinnus, Aegithalos glaucogularis and Aegithalos iouschistos.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 11 species of the family Aegithalidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 6 times the family average (543,441). The family Aegithalidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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