#aegithalidae

[herpsandbirds]

White-browed Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae), male, family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, Ladakh, India

photograph by Megh Roy Choudhury

[naturelovetheta]

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

[spinus-pinus]

Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

1/10/2023 Los Angeles County, California

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

@artsja-a This is so nice?! Almost made me cry aaa thank you

Bird #45 - the long-tailed tit (LC)

While hunting for info to know these borbs better, I saw websites describe them with words like adorable, excitable, restless and 'only about the size of a ping-pong ball'. Also, older English names for them include the bum-towel, mumruffin and bumbarrel. How can you not love them.

There is a lot of variation within this species, with a whole seventeen subspecies! The drawing doesn't show three distinct subspecies btw. It's just the general vibes of long-tailed tits in the listed regions, because I couldn't find information about specific visual differences between subspecies. They're also found in Japan and southwest Asia!

[ornithological]

long-tailed tit (aegithalos caudatus), ireland

[jojos-birdwatching-adventure]

Soft and Wet / Hokkaido Long-tailed Tit ( “Japanese Snow Fairy”)

[hidemoriyazaki]

Aegithalos caudatus It always thrills me when the distinctive call of this bird, darting through Karuizawa's vast forest in flocks, gradually draws near from deep within the woods. And simply waiting for it, glancing my way like the picture before flying off again as if nothing had happened, is utterly delightful.

エナガ 軽井沢の広大な森を、ところ狭しと群れで動き回るこの鳥の独特の声が、森の奥から次第に近づいてくる時はいつも心高鳴る。 そして眼の前でこうして私の方を一瞥して、また何事もなかったかのように飛び去っていくのを待っているのも、ただただ楽しい。

Nagano Pref. 長野県 2026-01-26

[reanimateobjects]