Long-tailed Tits (Aegithalidae)
Silver-throated Tit (Aegithalos glaucogularis) - HBW 13, p. 96
French: Mésange à gorge argent
German: Silberkehl-Schwanzmeise
Spanish: Mito Gorjigrí
Other common names: Silver-throated Bushtit
Taxonomy: Orites (?) glaucogularis F. Moore, 1855, Shanghai, China.
Often treated as conspecific with A. caudatus, but plumage is distinctive, and there are no reports of regular intergradation or hybridization with that species in NE China (apparent "intergrades" recorded as migrants in coastal Hebei, but origin and status of these unknown). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vinaceus ( J. Verreaux, 1870) - C & NE China from E Qinghai and C Gansu E to C & SE Nei Mongol, S Liaoning, N Hebei and Shandong, and, in W, S to mountains of C Sichuan and NW Yunnan.
- glaucogularis ( F. Moore, 1855) - EC China in Yangtze valley from Hubei (possibly also lowlands of Sichuan), parts of S Shaanxi and Henan E to Jiangsu and N Zhejiang.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
- No videos available yet
-
Adult in botanical garden
Locality Jingsi Garden, Wujiang, Jiangsu, China (Northern) (ssp vinaceus)
Photo-ay 6 May 2010 1 year ago 2.4
- No sound recordings available yet
Email this page