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WoodlandCavity nestTiny · 14 g
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The only pied (black-and-white) tit in India, this species has the wing-coverts, crown, sides of head, chin, throat, a ventral band running down the breast and belly to the vent black. The cheeks below the eye, the ear-coverts and a patch on the nape are white. The wing has white on the outer primaries and the base of the secondaries. The last tertiaries are completely white. The two outer tail feathers are white while the next has the outer web white and the remaining black. The white of the flanks can be suffused with yellow.
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When to see the White-naped Tit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-naped Tit
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-naped Tit
The white-naped tit, sometimes called white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to India where it is found in dry thorn scrub forest in two disjunct populations, in western India and southern India. Its specific name nuchalis means 'of the nuchal, nape'.
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Easily confused with
Yellow TitMachlolophus holstiThe yellow tit, also known as Taiwan yellow tit and Formosan yellow tit is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotusThe yellow-cheeked 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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