Varied Tit

Sittiparus varius (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)

12–14 cmLength17 gWeight

This tit has a black crown, white face, chestnut flanks and a blue-gray back, wings and tail.

Busiest months: December–February and October · Most records: Japan, South Korea, China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Forehead, face and cheeks white
Crown, throat, upper breast and back of neck black
Back, wings and tail blue-gray
Flanks chestnut in nominate subspecies

Voice

Short notes sounding like “tzu”, “tzu”, “tzu”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: December–February and October · Most records: Japan, South Korea, China

Varied Tit has been recorded at 192 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Kyoto – Kyoto Gyoen Garden / Kyoto Imperial Palace ParkJapan573 records
Shibuya Ward – Meiji Jingu ShrineJapan492 records
Seoul – ChanggyeonggungSouth Korea478 records

More places

Seoul – Olympic ParkSouth Korea452 records
Karuizawa – Karuizawa Wild Bird SanctuaryJapan435 records
Pocheon – Korea National Arboretum/Gwangneung ForestSouth Korea374 records
Okayama – Okayama Korakuen GardenJapan349 records
Seoul – Namsan ParkSouth Korea337 records
Seoul – Namsan Mountain ParkSouth Korea335 records
Seoul – Children's Grand ParkSouth Korea296 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Japan South Korea China

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

The varied tit (Sittiparus varius) is a perching bird from the tit family, Paridae. It occurs in the eastern Palearctic in Japan, Korea, and locally in northeastern China (southern Liaoning) and extreme southeastern Russia (southern Kurile Islands).

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Questions

How big is the Varied Tit?

The Varied Tit is about 12–14 cm long and weighs around 17 g.

Where does the Varied Tit live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: southern Kuril Islands, Japan, Korean Peninsula and northeastern China. It is most often recorded in Japan, South Korea and China.