Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)
Yellow-cheeked Tit (Parus spilonotus) - HBW 12, p. 743
French: Mésange à dos tacheté
German: Königsmeise
Spanish: Carbonero Carigualdo Chino
Other common names: Black-spotted Yellow Tit; Chinese Yellow Tit (rex)
Taxonomy: Parus spilonotus Bonaparte 1850, 0, India.
Forms a superspecies with P. xanthogenys, and has in the past been considered conspecific. Races intergrade widely. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- spilonotus Bonaparte, 1850 - E Himalayas from E Nepal E to NE India (including N Assam), N & W Myanmar and SW China (S Xizang).
- subviridis Blyth, 1855 - NE India (S Assam S to Manipur), Myanmar (except N, W & C), N Thailand and S China (W Yunnan).
- rex David, 1874 - S & SE China (S Sichuan and S & E Yunnan E to Fujian and S Zhejiang), N Laos and NW Vietnam.
- basileus (Delacour, 1932) - S Laos and SC Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An excited bird in a tree, calling and flying away Locality Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp subviridis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2004 5 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, looking around Locality Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp subviridis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 November 2004 5 years ago 23 sec 3.9 -
An adult moving in a tree. Locality Langbian Mountain, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp basileus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2008 2 years ago 24 sec 3.6 -
one bird in a flock Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp subviridis)
Daniêl Jimenez 10 December 2010 1 year ago 13 sec 3.5 -
This bird was found in Mae Wong N.P. Locality Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp subviridis)
Yoel Jimenez 6 December 2008 2 years ago 14 sec 3.2 -
A perched bird, feeding on a seed Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 5 years ago 12 sec 2.9
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in the rain
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp Yellow-cheeked Tit)
indy_22 19 September 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A female perches
Locality Hong Kong
LouisCheung 1 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
A bird on a branche.
Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp subviridis)
Yoel Jimenez 6 December 2008 2 years ago 2.7
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