Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

WoodlandCavity nestSmall · 16 g

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 2 — Photo: yelena_antipova · CC BY 4.0

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 3 — Photo: yelena_antipova · CC BY 4.0

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 4 — Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 5 — Photo: SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 8 — Photo: (c) katunchik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 9 — Photo: (c) SteveM4560, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Ani Sarkisyan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The sombre tit is slightly smaller than a great tit (Parus major) with similar proportions, although in plumage it most resembles a willow tit (Poecile montanus) but it has a brownish to grey-black cap which extends further into the sides of the head with the off-white cheek patch being restricted to a narrow triangle by the larger bib. The head is often peaked when the bird is in an upright stance, unlike the willow tit. Compared to the sympatric marsh tit (P. palustris) the sombre tit has a proportionately longer tail. The juveniles are duller and tinged with brown than the adults.

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When to see the Sombre Tit

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sombre Tit

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 2 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.

Türkiye Greece Bulgaria Israel Serbia Romania Croatia Iran North Macedonia Montenegro Iraq Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina Armenia Lebanon Kosovo

Recorded as a rare visitor in Georgia, Syria.

About the Sombre Tit

The sombre tit is a species of passerine bird belonging to the family Paridae, the "true" tits and chickadees. This species is found in southeast Europe and southwest Asia.

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Easily confused with

Sichuan TitPoecile weigoldicusThe Sichuan tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae.

Black-bibbed TitPoecile hypermelaenusThe black-bibbed tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae.

White-browed TitPoecile superciliosusThe white-browed tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae.

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