
Leptopoecile
Sign in to saveLeptopoecile is a genus of birds 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyAegithalidae
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- Aegithalidae
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- White-browed Tit-warbler.jpg
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Leptopoecile is a genus of birds 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.
The genus contains two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px || White-browed tit-warbler || Leptopoecile sophiae || the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and much of Northwest China. |- | ||Crested tit-warbler || Leptopoecile elegans || China and possibly India. |- |}
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