Long-tailed tit

Long-tailed tit
	A long-tailed tit in Lancashire, United Kingdom
	Calls recorded in Cambridgeshire
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Aegithalidae
Genus:	Aegithalos
Species:	A. caudatus
Binomial name
	Aegithalos caudatus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	A. c. caudatus – (Linnaeus, 1758); A. c. rosaceus – Mathews, 1938; A. c. europaeus – (Hermann, 1804); A. c. aremoricus – Whistler, 1929; A. c. taiti – Ingram, W, 1913; A. c. irbii – (Sharpe & Dresser, 1871); A. c. italiae – Jourdain, 1910; A. c. siculus – (Whitaker, 1901); A. c. macedonicus – (Salvadori & Dresser, 1892); A. c. tephronotus – (Gunther, 1865); A. c. tauricus – (Menzbier, 1903); A. c. major – (Radde, 1884); A. c. alpinus – (Hablizl, 1783); A. c. passekii – (Zarudny, 1904); A. c. trivirgatus – (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848); A. c. kiusiuensis – Kuroda, Nagamichi, 1923; A. c. magnus – (Clark, AH, 1907);
	Range of A. caudatus Resident Non-breeding
Synonyms
	Parus caudatus Linnaeus, 1758;

The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus), also named long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic. The genus name Aegithalos was a term used by Aristotle for some European tits, including the long-tailed tit.