Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 35,802
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The American bushtit, or simply bushtit, is a social songbird belonging to the monotypic genus Psaltriparus. It is one of the smallest passerines in North America and it is the only species in the family Aegithalidae found in the Americas; the other eleven species occur in Eurasia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “American bushtit”.