Aegithalos glaucogularis (Moore, 1855)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
The silver-throated bushtit(Aegithalos glaucogularis), Photographed on Feb 9, 2022 in Weifang City, Shandong Province.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The silver-throated bushtit or silver-throated tit (Aegithalos glaucogularis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae, widespread throughout the temperate forests of Central, East and parts of North and Western China. The bird's native habitats are mainly along the middle/lower Yangtze and Yellow River basins, although there is also a small southwestern habitat extension in Yunnan along the Lancang valley within the Hengduan Mountains. It has two recognized subspecies.
Wikipedia contributors, Silver-throated bushtit; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:48:00.611531+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Aegithalos glaucogularis (Moore, 1855)
- Name authority
- (Moore, 1855)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Aegithalidae
- Genus
- Aegithalos
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyAegithalidae
- genusAegithalos Hermann, 1804
- speciesAegithalos glaucogularis (Moore, 1855)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Aegithalos. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Aegithalos bonvaloti (Oustalet, 1892) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated BushtitAegithalos niveogularis (Gould, 1855) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aegithalos sharpei (Rippon, 1904) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed BushtitAegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus (Gould, 1855) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty BushtitAegithalos fuliginosus (J. Verreaux, 1869) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistos (Blyth, 1845) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-cheeked BushtitAegithalos leucogenys (Moore, 1854) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916135 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:64X32. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.