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Aegithalos sharpei (Rippon, 1904)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Aegithalos sharpei (Rippon, 1904)
Name authority
(Rippon, 1904)
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyAegithalidae
  11. genusAegithalos Hermann, 1804
  12. speciesAegithalos sharpei (Rippon, 1904)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Aegithalos. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Aegithalos bonvaloti (Oustalet, 1892)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-throated BushtitAegithalos niveogularis (Gould, 1855)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-tailed BushtitAegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus (Gould, 1855)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sooty BushtitAegithalos fuliginosus (J. Verreaux, 1869)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Aegithalos glaucogularis (Moore, 1855)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistos (Blyth, 1845)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-cheeked BushtitAegithalos leucogenys (Moore, 1854)AegithalidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 13 records assigned to Aegithalidae.

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916137 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

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:65932. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.