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The rufous-fronted bushtit or rufous-fronted tit (''Aegithalos iouschistos'') is a small passerine bird of the eastern and central Himalayas belonging to the long-tailed tit family, Aegithalidae. It forms a superspecies with the black-browed bushtit (''A. bonvaloti'') of China and northern Burma and the white-throated bushtit (''A. niveogularis'') of the western Himalayas. They have sometimes been regarded as a single species but are now often treated as separate. The ranges of the rufous-fronted and black-browed bushtits overlap slightly in China with no evidence of hybridization. It is 11 cm long. The adult has grey upperparts and reddish-brown underparts. The head is reddish-buff with a black mask and a silver bib with black streaks and a black edge. Juveniles are paler and duller than the adults. The black-browed bushtit is similar but has a white forehead and belly and a white edge to its bib. The white-throated bushtit has a white forehead and bib and a dark breastband. It is found in the eastern and central Himalayas in China, India, Nepal and Bhutan. It occurs in montane forests, both broad-leaved and coniferous, up to 3,600 m above sea-level. It typically feeds in flocks. ==References== * Grimmett, Richard, Carol Inskipp & Tim Inskipp (1999) ''Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent'', Christopher Helm, London. * MacKinnon, John & Karen Phillipps (2000) ''A Field Guide to the Birds of China'', Oxford University Press, Oxford. ==External links== *(Oriental Bird Images: Rufous-fronted bushtit ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rufous-fronted bushtit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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