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Yellow-browed Tit

From Opus

Photo by M Kwan Wuyishan, Jian Xi, China, August 2007
Photo by M Kwan
Wuyishan, Jian Xi, China, August 2007
Sylviparus modestus

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[edit] Identification

10cm

  • Olive-green above
  • Short stubby bill
  • Pale yellow eye ring
  • Short crest
  • Olive-yellow underparts

Sexes similar

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bhutan and
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

Photo by peterday Bhutan, 8 April 2010
Photo by peterday
Bhutan, 8 April 2010

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

There are three subspecies:

  • S. m. simlaensis:
  • Western Himalayas (Kashmir to Uttar Pradesh)
  • S. m. modestus:
  • S. m. klossi:

[edit] Habitat

Alpine scrub and coniferous forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet consists mostly of invertebrates, but seeds are also consumed.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in natural cavities in trees, laying 4-6 eggs.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. Answers.com

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