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Pere David's Tit
Poecile davidi Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
12–13 cmLength10 gWeight
This small tit has a black head, white cheeks and rusty-brown underparts.
Busiest months: May · Most records: China
How to identify
Field marks
- Head black; cheeks white
- Back, wings and tail dark gray-brown
- Underparts rusty-brown
Where and when it's recorded
Busiest months: May · Most records: China
Pere David's Tit has been recorded at 32 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Jiuzhaigou NNRChina64 records
- Hailuogou Glacier Forest ParkChina39 records
- Labahe NNRChina33 records
More places
- Wuyipeng Research StationChina23 records
- Longcanggou [General Area]China23 records
- Jiuzhaigou NNR – Zezhawa ValleyChina11 records
- Mount EmeiChina11 records
- Jiuzhaigou NNR – Mirror LakeChina10 records
- Gonggangling PassChina9 records
- Tangjiahe NNRChina8 records
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
About
Père David's tit or the rusty-breasted tit (Poecile davidi) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to central China in southern Gansu, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi and Sichuan.
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Questions
How big is the Pere David's Tit?
The Pere David's Tit is about 12–13 cm long and weighs around 10 g.
Where does the Pere David's Tit live?
Its breeding range: Palearctic: central China. It is most often recorded in China.
When is the best time to see the Pere David's Tit?
At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in May (Northern Hemisphere).
Is the Pere David's Tit endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Pere David's Tit as Least Concern.
What does the Pere David's Tit eat?
Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.
What family is the Pere David's Tit in?
It belongs to the family Tits, Chickadees (Paridae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- 12–13 cm
- Weight
- 10 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Insects & other invertebrates
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
- Conservation
- Least Concern
More measurements
- Wing
- 64 mm
- Tail
- 49 mm
- Bill
- 10 mm
- Tarsus
- 16 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Palearctic: central China
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Tits, Chickadees Paridae
- Genus
- Poecile
Other birds in the genus Poecile
White-browed TitPoecile superciliosus
Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
Grey-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
Mexican ChickadeePoecile sclateri
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Black-bibbed TitPoecile hypermelaenus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Sichuan TitPoecile weigoldicus
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