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| - | {{Incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Crested_Tit_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}<br /> Mengbi, Sichuan, [[China]]]] |
| - | [[Image:Crested_Tit_Warbler.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|china+guy|china guy}}<br /> Mengbi, Sichuan, [[China]]]] | + | |
| | ;[[:Category:Leptopoecile|Leptopoecile]] elegans | | ;[[:Category:Leptopoecile|Leptopoecile]] elegans |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 10cm. A tiny, crested bird with a relatively long tail. |
| | + | ====Male==== |
| | + | * Red eye with blackish eyeline |
| | + | * Chestnut head |
| | + | * Paler rufous breast |
| | + | * Lavender flanks and went, whitish centre of belly |
| | + | * Azure-blue wings and tail |
| | + | * Whitish crown with pointed crest (often folded) |
| | + | * Blue mantle |
| | + | [[Image:Crested_Tit_Warbler,_Mengbi_ShanJames_Eaton.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Mengbi Shan, Sichuan, [[China]]]] |
| | + | ====Female==== |
| | + | * Chestnut mantle, upperwing-coverts and flanks |
| | + | * White face, throat and breast |
| | + | Juveniles are similar to adults of respective sex but they lack the crest, are duller overall and dark grey above. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Endemic to [[China]]. | + | Endemic to [[China]] where found in Qinghai, southern Nei Mongol, Ningxia and Gansu to southeast Tibet and Sichuan. Possible occurence in northeast [[India]] needs reconfirmation.<br /> |
| | + | Generally uncommon. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
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| | Subspecies ''meissneri'' is not recognised by most authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. | | Subspecies ''meissneri'' is not recognised by most authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | [[Image:Crested_Tit_Warbler,_Mengbi_ShanJames_Eaton.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Mengbi Shan, Sichuan, [[China]]]] | + | Boreal forests. Outside breeding season also in scrub.<br /> |
| - | Boreal forests. | + | Found from 3400 to 4300m in summer, 2600 to 3900m in winter. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | | + | Feeds on insects.<br /> |
| | + | Forages high in trees like a [[:Category:Sitta|Nuthatch]] or a [[:Category:Regulus|Firecrest]].<br /> |
| | + | Joins occasionally mixed-species flocks with [[Willow Tit]], [[White-browed Tit-Warbler]] and [[Goldcrest]].<br /> |
| | + | Breeding poorly known. One recorded nest was ca. 15m up in a conifer.<br /> |
| | + | Movements also poorly known. Birds from the northern part of range might be migratory. Some seasonal altitudinal movements recorded. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase | | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase |
| - | #Wikipedia | + | #{{Ref-HBWVol13}}# {{Ref-RasmussenAnderton05}} |
| | {{ref}} | | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
Current revision
- Leptopoecile elegans
[edit] Identification
10cm. A tiny, crested bird with a relatively long tail.
- Red eye with blackish eyeline
- Chestnut head
- Paler rufous breast
- Lavender flanks and went, whitish centre of belly
- Azure-blue wings and tail
- Whitish crown with pointed crest (often folded)
- Blue mantle
[edit] Female
- Chestnut mantle, upperwing-coverts and flanks
- White face, throat and breast
Juveniles are similar to adults of respective sex but they lack the crest, are duller overall and dark grey above.
[edit] Distribution
Endemic to China where found in Qinghai, southern Nei Mongol, Ningxia and Gansu to southeast Tibet and Sichuan. Possible occurence in northeast India needs reconfirmation.
Generally uncommon.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Subspecies meissneri is not recognised by most authorities[2].
[edit] Habitat
Boreal forests. Outside breeding season also in scrub.
Found from 3400 to 4300m in summer, 2600 to 3900m in winter.
[edit] Behaviour
Feeds on insects.
Forages high in trees like a Nuthatch or a Firecrest.
Joins occasionally mixed-species flocks with Willow Tit, White-browed Tit-Warbler and Goldcrest.
Breeding poorly known. One recorded nest was ca. 15m up in a conifer.
Movements also poorly known. Birds from the northern part of range might be migratory. Some seasonal altitudinal movements recorded.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
- Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
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