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Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The long-tailed tit, also named long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic. The genus name Aegithalos was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Aegithalidae
Genus:
   Aegithalos
Scientific:
  Aegithalos caudatus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.190

Protonym:
  Parus caudatus

Type locality:
  Sweden.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/210/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  547163C22167E31B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-547163C2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/547163C2

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558441

Geographic range:

  • Aegithalos caudatus: lowland to submontane coniferous and mixed woodland, willow thicket, and heathland, from British Isles and Scandinavia eastward to Kamchatka, and southward to southern Europe, Caucusus, southwestern Iran, Korean Peninsula, and Japan; some northern populations migratory
  • Aegithalos caudatus caudatus: Scandinavia and northeastern Europe to Siberia, northern China, Korea, and Japan
  • Aegithalos caudatus europaeus: France and Germany to northern Italy, western Romania, and northern Bulgaria
  • Aegithalos caudatus taiti: southern and southwestern France to northwestern Spain and Portugal
  • Aegithalos caudatus tauricus: southern Crimean Peninsula
  • Aegithalos caudatus aremoricus: western France, Channel Islands, and Île d'Yeu (off western France)
  • Aegithalos caudatus macedonicus: southeastern Europe (Balkans)
  • Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus: British Isles
  • Aegithalos caudatus alpinus: southeastern Azerbaijan to northern Iran and southwestern Turkmenistan
  • Aegithalos caudatus irbii: southern Spain, Portugal, and Corsica
  • Aegithalos caudatus passekii: Zagros Mountains (southwestern Iran)
  • Aegithalos caudatus italiae: mainland Italy and southwestern Slovenia
  • Aegithalos caudatus siculus: Sicily
  • Aegithalos caudatus major: Caucasus to western and central Transcaucasia
  • Aegithalos caudatus tephronotus: Türkiye
  • Aegithalos caudatus trivirgatus: Japan (Honshu, Awa-shima, Sado, and Oki); Jeju Island (Korea)
  • Aegithalos caudatus kiusiuensis: southern Japanese islands (Shikoku, Kyushu, and Yakushima)
  • Aegithalos caudatus magnus: southern Korea and Tsushima Islands (Kamino-shima and Shimono-shima)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Long-tailed Tit
Afrikaans:
Langstertmees
Arabic:
عصفور طويل الذيل
Azerbaijani:
Uzunquyruq arıquşu
Bulgarian:
Дългоопашат синигер
Catalan:
mallerenga cuallarga eurasiàtica
Czech:
mlynařík dlouhoocasý
Danish:
Halemejse
German:
Schwanzmeise
Greek:
Αιγίθαλος
Esperanto:
longvosta egitalo
Spanish:
Mito Común
Spanish (Spain):
Mito Común
Estonian:
Sabatihane
Basque:
Buztanluzea
Persian:
چرخ‌ریسک دم ‌دراز
Finnish:
pyrstötiainen
French:
Orite à longue queue
Hebrew:
ירגזי זנבתן
Croatian:
Dugorepa Sjenica
Hungarian:
őszapó
Icelandic:
Skottmeisa
Italian:
Codibugnolo
Japanese (romaji):
enaga
Japanese:
エナガ
Korean:
오목눈이
Lithuanian:
Ilgauodegė zylė
Latvian:
Garastīte
Dutch:
Staartmees
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Stjertmeis
Norwegian:
Stjertmeis
Polish:
raniuszek
Portuguese:
Chapim-rabilongo
Portuguese (Portugal):
Chapim-rabilongo
Romanian:
Pițigoi codat
Russian:
Ополовник
Slovak:
mlynárka dlhochvostá
Slovenian:
dolgorepka
Serbian:
Dugorepa senica
Swedish:
stjärtmes
Turkish:
Uzun Kuyruklu Baştankara
Ukrainian:
Синиця довгохвоста
Chinese:
北长尾山雀
Chinese (Traditional):
長尾山雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Long-tailed Tit ( Aegithalos caudatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2025:
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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eBird version 2025:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Northern Long-tailed Tit ( Aegithalos caudatus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Aegithalos [caudatus or glaucogularis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Abkhazian: аҮиуүиу, аШшаӷьыч үиуүиу, аШшаӷьыч Үыхәаду
Afrikaans: Langstertmees
Arabic: عصفور طويل الذيل
Asturian: Rabullargu, Raullargu européu
Azerbaijani: arıquşu uzunquуruq, Uzunquyruq arıquşu
Bashkir: мамыҡ турғай, мамыҡас, уҡҡойроҡ
Belarusian: Ciнiца-апалоўнiк, Сініца-апалоўник, Сініца-апалоўнік
Bulgarian: Дългоопашат синигер
Breton: Ar binoter lostek, Binoter lostek
Catalan: Mallerenga cuallarga, mallerenga cuallarga eurasiàtica
Catalan (Balears): Senyoreta
Montenegrin: dugorepa sjenica, дугорепа сјеница
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): дугорепа сјеница
Czech: Mlynarík dlouhoocasý, mlynařík dlouhoocasý
Chuvash: вăрăм хӳреллĕ кăсăя
Welsh: Titw cynffon-hir, Titw Gynffon-hir
Danish: Halemeise, Halemejse, Nordlig Halemejse, Stjertmeise
German: Pfannenstiel, Schwanzmeise, Schwarzmeise
Greek: Αιγίθαλoς, Αιγίθαλος
English: Long-tailed Bushtit, Long-tailed Tit, Northern Long-tailed Tit
English (Avilist): Long-tailed Tit
English (United Kingdom): Bottle-Tit, Bottle-Tom, British Long-tailed Titmouse, Bumbarrell, Huckmuck, Long-tailed Mag, Long-tailed Titmouse, Mum-ruffin, Poke-pudding
English, HBW: Long-tailed Tit
English (IOC): Long-tailed Tit
English (United States): Long-tailed Tit
Esperanto: Egitalo, longvosta egitalo, longvosta paruo
Spanish: Mito, Mito Común, Satrecito de Cola Larga
Spanish (Spain): Mito Común
Spanish (HBW): Mito común
Estonian: Sabatihane
Basque: Buztanluze, Buztanluzea
Persian: چرخ‌ریسک دم ‌دراز, چرخ‌ریسک دم‌دراز, چرخ‌ریسک دُم‌دراز
Finnish: Hantatütinen, pyrstötiainen
Faroese: Veltita, veltíta
French: Mésange à longue queue, Orite à longue queue
French (France): Mésange à longue queue
French (Guyane): Orite à longue queue
Friulian: codon, codòn, parussulin de code lungje, scudulice
Frisian: Langsturtmies
Irish: Meantán Earrfhada, Meantán fadearrach
Gaelic: Ciochan, Cìochan
Galician: Ferreiriño rabilongo, Subeliña común
Manx: Caillagh Veg yn Arbyl, Myntan arbyl-liauyr
Hebrew: ירגזי זנבתן, ירגז-י זנבתן
Croatian: Dugorepa Sjenica
Hungarian: Oszapó, Őszapó
Armenian: Երկարագի Երաժտահավ, Երկարագի երաշտահավ
Icelandic: Skottmeisa
Italian: Codibugnolo, la Cincia codona
Japanese (romaji): enaga, e-naga
Japanese: エナガ
Japanese (Kanji): 柄長
Georgian: თოხიტარა
Kabardian: цӀыжьдадэкӀэкӀыхь
Mongolian, Halh: сүүлт хөх бух, сүүлт хөхбух, сүүлт хөхбухандай, урт сүүлт хөх бухандай
Kazakh: Кезқұйрық шымшық, ұзын құйрықты көкшымшық
Kazakh (Transliteration): kezquyrıq şımşıq
Korean: 오목눈이
Korean (Transliteration): omongnuni
Karachay-Balkar: кекен чыпчыкъ
North Karelian: häntätijani
Cornish: Lostek
Kirghiz: узун куйрук кашка чымчык
Scientific: Acredula sonans, Aegithalos caudatus, Aegithalos caudatus caudatus, Afedula sonans, Afedula sonans, Bottle-Tit, Bottle-Tom, Bumbarrell, Huckmuck, Mecistura rosea, Mecistura vagans, Mecistura vulgaris, Mum-ruffin, Parus caudatus, Pipra europaea, Poke-pudding
Luxembourgish: Schwanzmees
Limburgish: Whiteliester
Lithuanian: Ilgauodege zyle, Ilgauodegė zylė, Siaurinė ilgauodegė zylė, Šiaurinė ilgauodegė zylė
Latvian: Garastīte
Macedonian: Долгоопашеста сипка, дологоопашеста сипка
Mongolian: мөнгөн хоолойт онхол задуулай, Сүүлт хөх бух, сүүлт хөхбух, Сүүлт хөхбухандай, урт сүүлт хөх бухандай
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠮᠦᠩᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠭᠣᠯᠠᠢᠢᠲᠣ ᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯᠣ ᠵᠠᠳᠠᠣᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Мөнгөн хоолойт онхол заадлай
Mongolian (Transliteration): möŋgöŋ khooloit oŋkhol zaduulai, süült khökh bukh, süült khökh-bukhandai
Moldavian: Pițigoi codat
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): мөнгөн хоолойт онхол задуулай
Dutch: Staartmees
Norwegian Nynorsk: Stjertmeis
Norwegian: Stjertmeis
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): šuaruhändypiäsköi
Polish: raniuszek, raniuszek (zwyczajny), raniuszek zwyczajny
Pinyin: shān-què, yín-hóu cháng-wěi, yín-hóu shān-què, zhī-zhī hóu
Portuguese: Chapim-rabilongo
Portuguese (Portugal): Chapim-rabilongo
Rhaeto-Romance: Sbrinzlina
Romanian: Pițigoi codat, Piţigoi codat
Romance (Other): Sbrinzlina
Russian: Длиннохвостая синица, Ополовник, Синица длиннохвостая
Yakut: уһун кутурук
Scots: fuffit, uin-bird
Northern Sami: Bađošgaccet, Baðošgaccet
Slovak: Mlynárka dlhochvostá
Slovenian: dolgorepka
Albanian: Trishtili bishtgjatë
Serbian: Dugorepa senica, dugorepa sjenica
Swedish: Stjärtmes, Stjertmes
Tajik: чархресаки думдароз
Turkmen: uzynguýruk gögümtil jikjiki
Turkish: Bayağı uzunkuyruk, Uzun Kuyruklu Baştankara, Uzunkuyruklu baştankara, Кезқұйрық шымшық
Tatar: озын койрыклы песнәк
Tuvinian: Узун кудуруктуг көк-хөкпеш
Udmurt: тӧдьыйыр
Ukrainian: Довгохвоста синиця, Ополовник звичайний, Ополовник звичайний, або синиця довгохвоста, Синиця довгохвоста
Uzbek: думли парранда, узун думли читтак
Kalmyk: ут сүүлтә көквш
Chinese: 北长尾山雀, 吱吱猴, 銀喉長尾山雀, 银喉山雀, 银喉长尾山雀
Chinese (Hong Kong): 北長尾山雀
Chinese (Traditional): 吱吱猴, 銀喉山雀, 銀喉長尾山雀, 長尾山雀

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