Leptopoecile

Leptopoecile
White-browed tit-warbler
Leptopoecile sophiae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae
Genus: Leptopoecile
Severtzov, 1873
Type species
Leptopoecile sophiae
Severtzov, 1873

Leptopoecile is a genus of birds in the long-tailed tit family Aegithalidae. The genus was once placed in the large family Sylviidae, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA placed it with the long-tailed tits.

The genus contains two species:

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
White-browed tit-warblerLeptopoecile sophiaethe Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, and much of Northwest China.
Crested tit-warblerLeptopoecile elegansChina and possibly India.