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What the Cinereous Tit sounds like
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Like others in the genus, it has a broad black ventral line and has no crest. This tit is part of a confusing group of species but is distinct in having a grey-back, black hood, white cheek patch and a white wing-bar. The underparts are white with the black central stripe running along the length. The female has a narrower ventral line and is slightly duller. The upper tail coverts are ashy while the tail is black with the central 4 pairs of feathers ashy on the outer webs and all but the central pair are tipped white.
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When to see the Cinereous Tit
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Cinereous Tit
The map shades 23 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Cinereous Tit
The cinereous tit or Asian tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. This species is made up of several populations that were earlier treated as subspecies of the great tit. These birds are grey backed with white undersides. The great tit in the new sense is distinguishable by the greenish-back and yellowish underside. The distribution of this species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia. The Japanese tit was formerly treated as a separate species but is now grouped together with the cinereous tit.
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Easily confused with
Green-backed TitParus monticolusThe green-backed tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
Great TitParus majorThe great tit is large for a tit at 12.5 to 14 cm (4+7⁄8–5+1⁄2 in) in length, and has a distinctive appearance that makes it easy to recognise.
Side by side: Cinereous Tit vs Great Tit
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