Yellow-breasted Tit - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Askar Isabekov
Hoja Obigarm, Pamir, Tajikistan, March 2008

Cyanistes flavipectus

Identification

13–14 cm
A bluish-grey tit with a yellow breast

Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet
South Asia: occurs only in Pakistan

Taxonomy

Considered conspecific with Azure Tit by some authorities^{[1], [2]}.

Habitat

Temperate forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of small insects and their larvae and includes aphids and moths.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Yellow-breasted Tit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Yellow-breasted_Tit

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