Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus)
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Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus (Swinhoe, 1870)

≈11 cmLength11 gWeight

Endemic to China, this tit can also be seen on plains in winter.

Busiest months: October · Most records: China, South Korea, Japan

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Yellow-bellied Tit has been recorded at 644 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Beijing Botanical GardenChina432 records
  2. Baiwangshan Forest ParkChina261 records
  3. Tangjiahe NNRChina220 records
More places
  1. Olympic Forest Park SouthChina215 records
  2. Longcanggou [General Area]China198 records
  3. Temple of HeavenChina197 records
  4. Nanyan ParkChina195 records
  5. Hangzhou Botanical GardenChina191 records
  6. Wuling Mountain NNRChina165 records
  7. Century ParkChina155 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaSouth KoreaJapan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

How big is the Yellow-bellied Tit?

The Yellow-bellied Tit is about ≈11 cm long and weighs around 11 g.

Where does the Yellow-bellied Tit live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: eastern, central, southern China. It is most often recorded in China, South Korea and Japan.

When is the best time to see the Yellow-bellied Tit?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in October (Northern Hemisphere).

What does the Yellow-bellied Tit eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Yellow-bellied Tit in?

It belongs to the family Tits, Chickadees (Paridae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
≈11 cm
Weight
11 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
Wing
63 mm
Tail
34 mm
Bill
12 mm
Tarsus
7 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Palearctic: eastern, central, southern China

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Tits, Chickadees Paridae
Genus
Periparus

Other birds in the genus Periparus

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Yellow-bellied Tit

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