Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
Green-backed Tit (Parus monticolus) - HBW 12, p. 741
French: Mésange montagnarde
German: Bergkohlmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Dorsiverde
Taxonomy: Parus monticolus Vigors, 1831, Simla, Himalayas, north India.
Part of a species group which includes also P. major, P. bokharensis and P. nuchalis. Nominate race and yunnanensis intergrade in W Nepal. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- monticolus Vigors, 1831 - W & C Himalayas from N Pakistan E to W Nepal and SW China (S Xizang).
- yunnanensis La Touche, 1922 - E Himalayas E to NE India (including S Assam), C & S China (S Gansu and S Shaanxi S to S Yunnan and Guizhou), W, N & NE Myanmar, extreme NW Vietnam and C Laos.
- legendrei Delacour, 1927 - Langbian, in SC Vietnam.
- insperatus Swinhoe, 1866 - Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on a fruit. Locality Ta-hsueh-shan, Taiwan (ssp insperatus)
James Jyh Haw Ting 28 January 2009 4 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
A male in a bush, calling excited. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp insperatus)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4 -
A male perched in a bush emiting alarm calls and moving nervously. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp insperatus)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding on rice thrown on the ground. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp yunnanensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 8 sec 3.8 -
An adult bird bathing Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp yunnanensis)
Guus van Duin 31 December 2005 5 years ago 16 sec 3.6 -
A bird searching for food on the ground. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp yunnanensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 4 years ago 22 sec 3.5
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Adult bird singing
Locality Labahe Nature Reserve, Tianquan County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp yunnanensis)
auf 18 April 2012 51 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult
Locality Labahe Nature Reserve, Tianquan County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp yunnanensis)
auf 18 April 2012 51 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a branch...
Locality Kolakham, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 25 May 2012 51 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Emei Shan, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp yunnanensis)
Nick Athanas 9 May 2006 4 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a pine tree.
Locality Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India (ssp monticolus)
Carmelo López 27 May 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
in a forest
Locality Mussoorie, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India
jugal Tiwari 25 May 2009 2 years ago 3.6
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A bird emiting alarm calls. Locality Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, Taiwan
(ssp insperatus)
Josep del Hoyo 22 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Call by one bird. Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan
(ssp insperatus)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Bird calling Locality Taiwan
Desmond Allen 4 May 1995 3 years ago 2.5
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