Crested Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile elegans)

Family
Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Przewalski, 1887

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland. From 2,800 - 4,300 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B).

Unknown to India (B).

Central and eastern Qinghai, southern Nei Mongol (Alashan and Helan Shan), Ningxia (Helan Shan) and southern Gansu (southern Qilian Shan) south to south-eastern Xizang and western and C Sichuan, in central China.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Crested Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans) [XC617138]
by id from Bei Zha Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (call)

Crested Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans) [XC150122]
by Ding Li Yong from Bei Zha Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (call)

Subspecies
Birds from Malashi country, south of Litang (south-eastern Xizang-western Sichuan), described as subspecies meissneri, but probably inseparable from those elsewhere in species' range.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

meissneri Sh�fer, 1937 - South-eastern Tibet.
elegans Przewalski, 1887 - Coniferous forests of north-central China to Tibet and Sichuan.

References
See References.

Files:

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