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 3 years ago 28 sec 3.9 -
A bird feeding on rice thrown on the ground. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp yunnanensis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 2 years ago 8 sec 3.8 -
An adult bird bathing Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp yunnanensis)
Guus van Duin 31 December 2005 3 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 2 years ago 22 sec 3.5 -
A bird foraging on the ground Locality Sangti Valley, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp yunnanensis)
Ron Hoff 3 March 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 3.5 -
two adults on a wire Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan (ssp insperatus)
Martin Kennewell 24 May 2009 2 years ago 20 sec 3
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Emei Shan, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp yunnanensis)
Nick Athanas 9 May 2006 3 years ago 3.8 -
in a forest
Locality Mussoorie, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India
jugal Tiwari 25 May 2009 1 year ago 3.6 -
A perched bird.
Locality Caohai Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China (Southern)
Ken Havard 6 December 2008 1 year ago 3 -
Taken at Taichun Urban Park.
Locality Taiwan
alder 19 November 2008 3 years ago 2
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Bird calling Locality Taiwan
Desmond Allen 4 May 1995 1 year ago 2
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