Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)

Rusty-breasted Tit (Poecile davidi) - HBW 12, p. 716

French: Mésange de David German: Davidmeise Spanish: Carbonero de David
Other common names: Red-bellied/Pere David’s Tit

Taxonomy: Poecile Davidi Berezowski and Bianchi, 1891, southern Gansu, China.
Until recently present genus normally subsumed into a broad Parus, and many authors still prefer that treatment. Genus normally treated as feminine, but no evidence in original description or elsewhere justifies this, so genus is masculine by default. Has been considered conspecific with P. lugubris, but possibly more closely allied to P. superciliosus; further research required. Monotypic.

Distribution: C China: S Gansu S to S Sichuan, also S Shaanxi and W Hubei.