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Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Least ConcernUncommonInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 14 g
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 1
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 2
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 3
Photo: Mathieu Soetens · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 4
Photo: Mathieu Soetens · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 5
Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 6
Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 7
Photo: Jagdish Singh Negi · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 8
Photo: Ramnarayan K · CC BY 4.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 9
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus), photo 10
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0

About the Green-backed Tit

The green-backed tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What the Green-backed Tit sounds like

Recording: Halyn Betchkal · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range
India Taiwan Bhutan China Nepal Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Pakistan Laos

When to see it

Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Cinereous Tit (Parus cinereus) Cinereous TitParus cinereusLike others in the genus, it has a broad black ventral line and has no crest. Great Tit (Parus major) 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.

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