Long-tailed tits

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Long-tailed Tits | image = Aegithalos caudatus 1 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Aegithalos caudatus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Aegithalidae | familia_authority = Reichenbach, 1850 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Aegithalos
Hermann 1804
Psaltriparus
Townsend, 1837
Psaltria
Temminck 1836 }}

Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They make woven bag nests in trees. Most eat a mixed diet that includes insects.

There are 8 species in 3 genera.

Aegithalos

• Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus
• White-cheeked Tit, Aegithalos leucogenys
• Black-throated Tit, Aegithalos concinnus
• White-throated Tit, Aegithalos niveogularis
• Black-browed Tit, Aegithalos iouschistos
• Sooty Tit, Aegithalos fuliginosus

Psaltriparus

• Bushtit, Psaltriparus minimus

Psaltria

• Pygmy Tit, Psaltria exilisde:Schwanzmeisen

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