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ForestCavity nestSmall · 38 g
ID tip
The male has the forehead and crown with the crest brilliant yellow (except glossy black in one subspecies); the whole upper plumage, sides of the head and neck, chin, throat, and breast-deep black glossed with green, the edges of the feathers of the upper plumage with a metallic lustre, and the outermost tail-feathers tipped with white; lower plumage from the breast downwards deep yellow, the thighs barred or mottled with white. The recumbent crest is raised when the bird is alert or alarmed.
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When to see the Sultan Tit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sultan Tit
The map shades 10 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 Cambodia.
About the Sultan Tit
The sultan tit is an Asian forest bird with black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts, dark bill, and a yellow or black crest. The sexes are similar, though the female has slightly duller plumage with greenish-black upperparts and throat. The young bird is duller than the adult and has a shorter crest. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Melanochlora, which is fairly distinct from other tits, third-basal in the family Paridae after Cephalopyrus and Sylviparus.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotusThe yellow-cheeked tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
Ashy TitMelaniparus cinerascensThe ashy tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
Himalayan Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenysThe Himalayan black-lored tit, also known as simply black-lored tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
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