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Leptopoecile

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Leptopoecile

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Aegithalidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passerine

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Lower classifications
  
White‑browed tit‑warbler, Crested tit‑warbler

Leptopoecile is a genus of bird 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.

It contains the following species:

  • Crested tit-warbler (Leptopoecile elegans)
  • White-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
  • References

    Leptopoecile Wikipedia