Rufous-fronted Bushtit
A species of Eurasian Long-tailed Tits, Also known as Black-browed Bushtit, Burmese Bushtit Scientific name : Aegithalos iouschistos Genus : Eurasian Long-tailed Tits
Rufous-fronted Bushtit, A species of Eurasian Long-tailed Tits
Also known as:
Black-browed Bushtit, Burmese Bushtit
Botanical name: Aegithalos iouschistos
Genus: Eurasian Long-tailed Tits
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Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Description
The rufous-fronted bushtit 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. 
Size
11 cm
Feeding Habits
Rufous-fronted Bushtit predominantly consumes insects, their eggs, and larvae, supplemented by some vegetable matter. Forages in the canopy and shrub layers, often in groups of up to 40, especially outside breeding seasons, occasionally joining mixed-species flocks for food.
Habitat
The natural habitat of rufous-fronted Bushtit encompasses temperate forests at higher altitudes, where it is associated with a variety of flora including oak, rhododendron, chestnut, as well as coniferous trees like pine, spruce, and hemlock. This species adapts to a range of forested environments, from forest edges and clearings to dense stands and scrub growth. It also occupies scrub above the tree-line, notably riverine scrub, and can be found in mixed forest settings. Although rufous-fronted Bushtit sometimes moves to lower elevations post-breeding and in severe winter conditions, it generally maintains a habitat within certain altitudinal forest zones across broader geographical regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
The rufous-fronted bushtit is found in the eastern and central Himalayas in Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. It occurs in montane forests, both broad-leaved and coniferous, up to 3,600 m above sea-level. It typically feeds in flocks.
Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
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