Long-tailed tit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the long-tailed tit lives – recorded in 49 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aegithalos caudatus
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	49 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Aegithalidae

Where does the long-tailed tit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the long-tailed tit in 49 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Hefei, Poland.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the long-tailed tit endangered?

The long-tailed tit’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed tit?

The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Aegithalidae, genus Aegithalos. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the long-tailed tit

The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit (Aegithalos caudatus) is a common bird species belonging to the bushtit family found throughout Eurasia. An insectivore, it inhabits deciduous and mixed woodlands as well as scrub, heathland, farmland, parks and gardens. The plumage of this small long-tailed bird is predominantly black and white with varying amounts of pink and grey. Northern subspecies are paler and have completely white heads, lacking the large dark eyebrows of southern populations. It is a social bird that forms compact family flocks of six to seventeen individuals outside of the breeding season, when these flocks break up. It has a strong preference for nesting in scrub areas and often builds its nest in thorny bushes less than 3 metres (10 feet) above the ground.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Long-tailed tit (revision 1374016597), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q170831 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).