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title: "Bushtit"
description: "Psaltriparus minimus — Vogels. The American bushtit, or simply bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), is a social songbird belonging to the monotypic genus Psaltriparus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bushtit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bushtit

> Psaltriparus minimus — Vogels. The American bushtit, or simply bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), is a social songbird belonging to the monotypic genus Psaltriparus.

- Scientific name: *Psaltriparus minimus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 51824
- Wikidata: [Q2746307](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2746307)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7266](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7266)

## Names

- en: Bushtit
- de: Buschmeise
- es: Sastrecillo
- fr: Orite buissonnière
- pl: Raniuszek amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (37337), MX (5617), CA (4045), GT (60)

## Summary

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.
The American bushtit's distinguishing characteristics are its tiny size, its plump and large head, and its long tail. Its range stretches from Vancouver in Canada, south through the Western United States, via the Great Basin, the lowlands and foothills of California, the highlands of Mexico, to Guatemala. Bushtits…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bushtit

## Photo

![Bushtit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bushtit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/366429029

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bushtit?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).