Alternative names: White-necklaced Tit; Sooty Bushtit; Silver-faced Tit
- Aegithalos fuliginosus
Identification
11.5 cm
In shape a typical long-tailed tit:
- Brownish upperparts
- Clear-cut dark breastband
- Forehead, centre of crown and nape dark brown ,paler and greyer on sides
- Lores, supercilium and cheek frosty pale grey
- Grey-brown moustachial stripe
- Throat pale grey
- White band from neck over upper breast
Similar species
Black-throated Tit has a black chin and a black mask.
Black-browed Tit lacks the dark breastband. It has also a black moustachial stripe and a bold blackish mask.
Distribution
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China. Found in the mountains of central China in south Gansu, parts of Sichuan and east to Shaanxi and Hubei. |
| Legend • A. fuliginosus; year-round |
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Described subspecis scurrula usually regarded invalid.
Habitat
Mixed forest with firs and well-develped scrub (willows, birches), often extensive bamboo understorey. Found from 1000m up to 2600m.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects and berries. Like other members of the genus found in big flocks outside the breeding season (up to 40 birds).
Only very little known about breeding. Feeding young has been recorded in mid-May in Sichuan.
Resident.
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sooty Tit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sooty_Tit
