Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aegithalidae — Bushtits

Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus, is a passerine of the Palearctic, widespread across Eurasia and placed in the bushtit family. It is a bird of deciduous and mixed woodland, scrub, heathland, farmland, parks and gardens. Its most notable feature is its very long tail, and its plumage is mainly black and white with some pink and grey. Northern forms are paler, with white heads and no large dark eyebrows, unlike southern birds. It usually nests in scrub, often in thorny bushes below 3 metres from the ground.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae — Bushtits
Breeding range: Palearctic: widespread