Animals / Bird

American bushtit

Psaltriparus minimus · Aegithalidae

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.

Where the American bushtit lives

Recorded in United States of America, Canada and Mexico (North America).

Most records fall in California, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Colorado.

See the American bushtit’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 2,554,017 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.