American Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
About the American Bushtit
The American bushtit, or simply bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), 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.
A real field recording of the American Bushtit. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, United States · xeno-canto lists 264 recordings for this species in total.
Other birds in this region
- American KestrelFalco sparveriusrecording
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillarecording
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivarecording
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variarecording
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticoraxrecording
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.