Aegithalos caudatus
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Tail longer than the body, giving a silhouette like a lollipop or a flying teaspoon
Body a tiny round ball with an almost absent, stubby bill
Broad black brow stripe running from above the eye to the nape on a whitish head
Pale wine-pink on the shoulders and flanks against an otherwise black back
Outside the breeding season always in flocks of 6-20, crossing gaps one after another and calling constantly
Constant thin "see-see-see" and dry rolling "tsrrt" contact calls from the flock
