The tits are a widespread family of birds, occurring over most of Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. They are active, noisy and social birds. The tits make a variety of calls and songs. Quiet calls are made while feeding to facilitate cohesion with others in their social group. Other calls are used for signalling alarm—the most famous of which is the "Chic-a-dee-dee" of North American. The number of "dee" syllables at the end of the call increases with the level of danger the predator poses.
The tits are generalist insectivores that consume a wide range of small insects and other invertebrates, particularly small defoliating caterpillars. They also consume seeds and nuts, especially in the winter. One characteristic method of foraging in the family is hanging, where they will inspect a branch or twig and leaves from all angles while hanging upside down to feed.
Genus Baeolophus
Titmouse,_Black-crested also Mexican Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus Found: Texas, Mexico
The Black-crested Titmous has gray upperparts; rusty flanks; whitish underparts. Male has long dark crest; female crest not as dark.
Similar to: Tufted Titmouse. The Black-crested Titmouse is considered by some to be a subspecies of the Tufted Titmouse.
Image by: 1) Alan D Wilson 2) Dan Pancamo - Texas 3, 4) Andy_MorffewSimilar to: Tufted Titmouse. The Black-crested Titmouse is considered by some to be a subspecies of the Tufted Titmouse.
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Titmouse, Bridled Baeolophus wollweberi Found: North America
The Bridled Titmouse has grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face with black striping, a grey crest, a black throat, and a short stout bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Karla Kishinami - Arizona 3) Alan D Wilson 4) Dominic_Sherony
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Titmouse, Juniper Baeolophus ridgwayi Found: North America
The Juniper Titmouse has gray upperparts; lighter gray underparts; small gray crest.
Similar to: Oak Titmouse. The Oak Titmouse and Juniper Titmouse appear almost identical, but differ in voice as well as range. Ranges overlap only in a small area in California.
Image by: 1) Tony Randell 2) Seabamirum - Arizona 3) J N Stuart - NevadaSimilar to: Oak Titmouse. The Oak Titmouse and Juniper Titmouse appear almost identical, but differ in voice as well as range. Ranges overlap only in a small area in California.
Titmouse, Oak Baeolophus inornatus Found: North America
The Oak Titmouse has gray upperparts; lighter gray underparts; small gray crest.
Similar to Bushtit. Oak Titmouse has a crest on its head. Oak Titmouse back is same color as head, Bushtit's head is different color.
Similar to: Juniper Titmouse. The Oak Titmouse and Juniper Titmouse appear almost identical, but differ in voice as well as range. Ranges overlap only in a small area in California.
Image by: 1) Alan Vernon - California 2) Gary Kramer, USFWS 3) Doug Greenberg - California 4) Velo Steve 5, 6) Charlie Westerinen - Anderson Marsh near Clear Lake in Northern CASimilar to Bushtit. Oak Titmouse has a crest on its head. Oak Titmouse back is same color as head, Bushtit's head is different color.
Similar to: Juniper Titmouse. The Oak Titmouse and Juniper Titmouse appear almost identical, but differ in voice as well as range. Ranges overlap only in a small area in California.
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Titmouse, Tufted Baeolophus bicolor Found: North America
The Tufted Titmouse has gray upperparts; white underparts, face; gray crest; dark forehead; stout bill; rust colored flanks.
Similar to: Black-crested Titmouse. The Black-crested Titmouse is still considered by some to be a subspecies of the Tufted Titmouse.
Image by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Dick Daniels - North Carolina Similar to: Black-crested Titmouse. The Black-crested Titmouse is still considered by some to be a subspecies of the Tufted Titmouse.
Genus Cephalopyrus - 1 species
Tit,_Fire-capped Cephalopyrus flammiceps Found: Asia
The nonbreeding male Fire-capped Tit has yellowish to dark olive-brown upperparts; dark olive-brown crown; dark olive-brown tail; white throat; yellow lemon underparts. Breeding male has small orange-scarlet crest. Female similar to nonbreeding male; olive green-gray upperparts.
Image by:
1) Haller1962 2) John Gould 3) Ron Knight 4) Francesco_Veronesi - Bhutan
Genus Cyanistes
Tit,_African Blue Cyanistes teneriffae Found: northern Africa, Canary Islands
The African Blue Tit has blue cap, wings, tail; white face; black eye-line; yellowish underparts.
Similar to: Eurasian Blue Tit. African Blue Tit previous subspecies of Eurasian Blue Tit. Ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Juan Emilio - Canary Islands 4) Philippe GuillaumeSimilar to: Eurasian Blue Tit. African Blue Tit previous subspecies of Eurasian Blue Tit. Ranges do not overlap.
1- 3) Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigae 4) C. t. teneriffae
Tit,_Azure Cyanistes cyanus Found: Russia, central Asia
The Azure Tit has blue upperparts, upper-tail; white wing-bars; white head, underparts; dark eye-line.
Image by: 1) Vincent van der Spek - Krygyzstan 2, 3) Sergey Pisarevskiy - South Siberia, Russia 4) Ron_Knight
Tit,_Eurasian Blue also Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus also Parus caeruleus Found: Europe, Asia
The Eurasian Blue Tit has blue cap, wings, tail; yellow-green mantle; white face; black eye-line; yellowish underparts.
Similar to: African Blue Tit. African Blue Tit previous subspecies of Eurasian Blue Tit. Ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Jan_Svetlik 2) Tapio Kaisla 3) Andreas Trepte 4) Maximilian Dorsch 5) Andre Karwath 6) Luc ViatourSimilar to: African Blue Tit. African Blue Tit previous subspecies of Eurasian Blue Tit. Ranges do not overlap.
Tit,_Yellow-breasted Cyanistes flavipectus Found: Asia
The Yellow-breasted Tit has blue upperparts; off-white head with dark eye-line; yellow-breast; off-white belly with black center line.
Image by: 1, 2) Francesco Veronesi - Uzbekistan
Genus Lophophanes
Tit,_Crested Lophophanes cristatus Found: Europe
Image by: 1) Viktor Kravtchenk 2) Tapio Kaisla 3, 4) Luc Viatour (CC BY-SA 3.0) 5) Cristiano Crolle - Val Roseg, Switzerland 6) Sgbeer 7) Carlos_Delgado - Spain
Tit,_Gray-crested Lophophanes dichrous Found: Himalayan foothills and southern-central China
Image by: 1) J M Garg 2) soumyajit_nandy 3) Garima_Bhatia - Bhutan
Genus Machlolophus
These species used to be placed in genus Parus
Tit,_Himalayan_Black-lored also Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys Found: Asia
The Himalayan Black-lored Tit has olive-green upperparts; broad black line down its otherwise yellow underparts; black crest, nape throat; bold black eye-line; yellow cheeks; 2 white or yellowish wing-bars. The Himalayan Black-lored Tit and the Indian Black-lored Tit were previous consider as one species - the Black-lored Tit.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Lip Kee - Bandipur, Nepal 3) Shrikant_Rao - India 4) Koshy_Koshy - India
Tit,_Indian_Black-lored also Indian Tit Machlolophus aplonotus Found: India
The Indian Black-lored Tit has olive-green upperparts; broad black line down its otherwise yellow underparts; black crest, neck throat; yellow cheeks; 2 white or yellowish wing-bars. The Himalayan Black-lored Tit and the Indian Black-lored Tit were previous consider as one species - the Black-lored Tit.
Image by: 1) Sergey Yeliseev 2) Tarique San Uajith 4) Prajwalkm
Tit,_White-naped also White-winged Tit Machlolophus nuchalis Found: India
The White-naped Tit has black-and-white plumage. Black upperparts with white wings; narrow black nape surrounded by white; white cheeks, underparts; black chin, throat, stripe down underparts.
Image by: 1) Bio Diversity Library 2, 3) Tarique Sani 4) Dhaval_Vargiya
Tit,_Yellow Machlolophus holsti Found: Taiwan
The Yellow Tit has mainly black upperparts; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1, 3) Hiyashi Halso 2)
Robert tdc
Tit,_Yellow-cheeked Machlolophus spilonotus Found: Asia
The Yellow-cheeked Tit has black-and-white upperparts; yellow cheeks; black crest, throat, breast; black eye-line.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Ron Knight 3) Ron Hodgkinson 4) Francesco Veronesi
Genus Melanochlora - 1 species
Tit,_Sultan Melanochlora sultanea Found: Asia
The male Sultan Tit has blue black upperparts, face, breast; yellow crown, forehead, crest, belly Female has yellow parts duller; greenish-brown instead of black.
Image by: 1, 2) Hiyashi Haka 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Thailand
Genus Melaniparus
These tits are from Africa and most have dark plumage.
Tit,_Ashy Melaniparus cinerascens Found: Africa
The Ashy Tit has gray upperparts, belly; black head with white stripe below eye; black throat, bib; upper-tail.
Similar to: Gray Tit. Ashy Tit has darker underparts than Gray Tit.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2, 4) Derek_Keats - Botswana 3) Linda Bushman - NamibiaSimilar to: Gray Tit. Ashy Tit has darker underparts than Gray Tit.
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Tit,_Carp's Melaniparus carpi Found: Angola, Namibia
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Namibia 4) Fokko van der Woude - Namibia
Tit,_Dusky Melaniparus funereus Found: Africa
The Dusky Tit has slate-gray plumage.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) John Gerrard Keulemans 3) Dick Daniels - specimen in Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 4) Steve Garvie - Kenya
Tit,_Gray Melaniparus afer Found: Africa
The Gray Tit has gray upperparts; lighter gray belly; black head with white stripe below eye; black throat, bib; upper-tail.
Similar to: Ashy Tit. Ashy Tit has darker underparts than Gray Tit.
Similar to: Stripe-breasted Tit. Gray Tit has white striped head; Stripe-breasted Tit has all black head.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2, 3) Alan Manson - South Africa 4) Francesco Veronesi Similar to: Ashy Tit. Ashy Tit has darker underparts than Gray Tit.
Similar to: Stripe-breasted Tit. Gray Tit has white striped head; Stripe-breasted Tit has all black head.
Tit,_Miombo Melaniparus griseiventris Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Maans_Booysen - Angola 3, 4, 5) Nigel_Voaden - DR Congo 5)
Tit,_Red-throated Melaniparus fringillinus Found: Kenya, Tanzania
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Dave Curtis - Kenya 3) Nik_Borrow - Tanzania
Tit,_Rufous-bellied Melaniparus rufiventris Found: Africa
The Rufous-bellied Tit has gray upperparts; black head, breast, wings, tail; rufous belly.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Nigel_Voaden - DR Congo 3) Peter_Steward - Malawi
Tit,_Somali also Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi Found: central Africa
The Somali Tit has glossy black crown, naoem throat, breast-stripe; buffy white face; gray underparts
Image by: John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Kristian Svensson 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Kenya
Tit,_Southern Black also Black Tit Melaniparus niger Found: Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe
The male Southern Black Tit has bluish-black plumage with white on the wings; female is grayish with white on wings.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Franceso Veronesi 3) Ron Knight 4) Lip Kee
Tit,_Stripe-breasted Melaniparus fasciiventer Found: Africa
The Gray Tit has gray upperparts; lighter gray belly; black head; black throat, breast-stripel.
Similar to: Gray Tit. Gray Tit has white striped head; Stripe-breasted Tit has all black head.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Kristian Svennson - Uganda 3) _Nik_BorrowSimilar to: Gray Tit. Gray Tit has white striped head; Stripe-breasted Tit has all black head.
Tit,_White-backed_Black- Melaniparus leuconotus Found: Eritrea, Ehtiopia
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Nik_Borrow - Ethiopia
Tit,_White-bellied Melaniparus albiventris Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Dick Daniels - specimen in Nairobi National Museum, Kenya 3) Peter Steward - Kenya 4) Joseph Mochoge - Kenya
Tit,_White-shouldered (Black-) Melaniparus guineensis Found: Africa
The White-shouldered Tit has mainly black plumage; white wing patch; pale eyes.
Similar to: White-winged Black-Tit. White-shouldered Black-Tit has pale eyes; White-winged Black-Tit has dark eyes.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Allan_Hopkins - GambiaSimilar to: White-winged Black-Tit. White-shouldered Black-Tit has pale eyes; White-winged Black-Tit has dark eyes.
Tit,_White-winged_Black- Melaniparus leucomelas Found: Africa
The White-winged Tit has mainly black plumage; white wing patch; dark eyes.
Similar to: White-shouldered Black-Tit. White-shouldered Black-Tit has pale eyes; White-winged Black-Tit has dark eyes.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Charles_Davies - Angola 3) Peter_WiltonSimilar to: White-shouldered Black-Tit. White-shouldered Black-Tit has pale eyes; White-winged Black-Tit has dark eyes.
Genus Parus
These tits are found in Asia
Tit,_Himalayan Black-lored Parus xanthogenys Found: Asia
The Himalayan Black-lored Tit has olive-green upperparts; broad black line down its otherwise yellow underparts; black crest, nape throat; bold black eye-line; yellow cheeks; 2 white or yellowish wing-bars. The Himalayan Black-lored Tit and the Indian Black-lored Tit were previous consider as one species - the Black-lored Tit.
Image by: 1, 2) Lip Kee Yap - Bandipur, Nepal
Tit,_Cinereous Parus cinereus Found: southern Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia
The Cinereous Tit has gray upperparts; black hood, throat; white cheek; white wing-bar; white underparts.
Image by: 1) Raju Kasambe 2) TR_Shankar_Raman - India 3) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
Tit,_Great Parus major Found: Europe, Asia
The Great Tit has olive upperparts; yellow underparts; black head, neck, chest stripe; white face.
Image by: 1) Jacques Chibret 2) Andreas Trepte 3) Slawomir
Staszczuk 4) Dick
Daniels - Scotland 5) Cristiano Crolle - Cesano Maderno 6) Andy_Morffew 7) Video by Avibirds. More vidoes
Tit,_Green-backed Parus monticolus Found: Asia
The Green-backed Tit has a green back; black head, neck; yellow to lime underparts; broad black vertical stripe on underparts; white face patch.
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan 2, 3) Hiyashi Haka 4) Koshy_Koshy - India
Tit,_Japanese Parus minor Found: far east Russia, Japan
Image by: 1, 3) Alpsdake - Japan 2) Lip Kee Yap - Minoo, Osalso, Japan 4) Greg_Peterson
Genus Periparus
Tit,_Black-crested also Spot-winged Tit Periparus melanolophus also Periparus ater melanolophus Found: Asia
The Black-crested Tit has mainly gray plumage; black head, crest; white cheeks; rufous wing-patch..
Similar to: Coal Tit. It is found in India and nearby countries. The Black-crested Tit also consider subspecies of the Coal Tit with which it may hybridize. Black-crested Tit has gray underparts; Coal Tit has white underparts.
Similar to: Rufous-vented Tit. Rufous-vented Tit has lighter underparts than Black-crested Tit and also has a rufous-vent.
Image by: 1) Shrikant_Rao - India 2) Allan Hopkins 3) JM Garg - India Similar to: Coal Tit. It is found in India and nearby countries. The Black-crested Tit also consider subspecies of the Coal Tit with which it may hybridize. Black-crested Tit has gray underparts; Coal Tit has white underparts.
Similar to: Rufous-vented Tit. Rufous-vented Tit has lighter underparts than Black-crested Tit and also has a rufous-vent.
Tit,_Coal Periparus ater Found: Europe, Asia, Africa (northern)
The Coal Tit has gray upperparts; black head, throat; white underparts, nape, cheeks.
Similar to: Black-crested Tit. It is found in India and nearby countries. The Black-crested Tit also consider subspecies of the Coal Tit with which it may hybridize. Black-crested Tit has gray underparts; Coal Tit has white underparts.
Image by: 1) Aviceda - Princetown, Devon, England
2) Stawomir Staszczuk 3) Dick Daniels - Great Britain 4) Cristiano Crolle - Val Roseg, Switzerland 5) Alpsdake - JapanSimilar to: Black-crested Tit. It is found in India and nearby countries. The Black-crested Tit also consider subspecies of the Coal Tit with which it may hybridize. Black-crested Tit has gray underparts; Coal Tit has white underparts.
Tit,_Elegant Periparus elegans also Pardaliparus elegans Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) Neon Rosell
Tit,_Palawan Periparus amabilis Found: Philippines
The Palawan has black head, throat, neck; yellow back, underparts; black-and-white wings, tail. Female has olive back but otherwise similar to male.
Image by: 1) Markaharper 2) Devon_Pike
Tit,_Rufous-naped also Black-breasted Tit Periparus rufonuchalis Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Imran_Shah - Pakistan
Tit,_Rufous-vented Periparus rubidiventris Found: Asia
The Rufous-vented Tit has mainly gray upperparts; lighter underparts; rufous vent; black head with white cheeks; black crest, bib.
Similar to: Black-crested Tit. Rufous-vented Tit has lighter underparts than Black-crested Tit and also has a rufous-vent.
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Dave Irving Similar to: Black-crested Tit. Rufous-vented Tit has lighter underparts than Black-crested Tit and also has a rufous-vent.
Tit,_Yellow-bellied Periparus venustulus also Pardaliparus venustulus Found: China
The Yellow-bellied Tit has a black head with white cheeks; black throat; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Bernd_Kirschner 3) Ron_Knight - Sichuan 4) characters
Genus Poecile
Tit,_Black-bibbed Poecile hypermelaenus also Parus hypermelaenus Found: eastern China to southeast Tibet and western Myanmar
Image by: 1) Gustav_Mutzel 2) James Eaton
Chickadee,_Black-capped Poecile atricapillus Found: north USA, south Canada
The Black-capped Chickadee has gray upperparts; black cap, throat; white face, underparts; rusty brown flanks.
Similar to: Carolina Chickadee. Location is the best identifier. Black-capped Chickadee's wing feathers have white edges that are larger and more conspicuous than those of the Carolina Chickadee.
Similar to Mexican Chickadee. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Keith - Delaware 2) Tattoed Dreamer - Minnesota 3)Brendan Lally - British Columbia 4) Mdf - Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada 5) Alan D Wilson - British Columbia 6) Dick Daniels - New Hampshire 7) Dick - Olympia, WashingtonSimilar to: Carolina Chickadee. Location is the best identifier. Black-capped Chickadee's wing feathers have white edges that are larger and more conspicuous than those of the Carolina Chickadee.
Similar to Mexican Chickadee. Their ranges do not overlap.
Chickadee,_Boreal Poecile hudsonicus Found: north USA, Canada
The Boreal Chickadee has gray-brown upperparts; brown cap; grayish wings, tail; gray face with white on the sides; white underparts; brown flanks; black face.
Similar to: Gray-headed Chickadee. Gray-headed Chickadee has a grayish brown head; Boreal Chickadee has a brown head. Their ranges overlap only in Alaska and northwest Canada.
Image by: 1, 2) David Mitchell 3) pbonenfant 4) Daniel_ArndtSimilar to: Gray-headed Chickadee. Gray-headed Chickadee has a grayish brown head; Boreal Chickadee has a brown head. Their ranges overlap only in Alaska and northwest Canada.
Chickadee,_Carolina Poecile carolinensis Found: southeast USA.
The Carolina Chickadee has gray upperparts; black cap, throat; white face, underparts; rusty brown flanks.
Similar to: Black-capped Chickadee. Location is the best identifier. Black-capped Chickadee's wing feathers have white edges that are larger and more conspicuous than those of the Carolina Chickadee.
Similar to Mexican Chickadee. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Norm Townsend - Oklahoma 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) DIck Daniels - North Carolina 7) Dick - South Carolina
Similar to: Black-capped Chickadee. Location is the best identifier. Black-capped Chickadee's wing feathers have white edges that are larger and more conspicuous than those of the Carolina Chickadee.
Similar to Mexican Chickadee. Their ranges do not overlap.
Chickadee,_Chestnut-backed Poecile rufescens Found: west North America
Its chestnut colored back and flanks easily differentiates this species from other chickadees. The amount of chestnut on its sides varies; those in coastal California may have no chestnut on their sides. It has blackish-brown head with white face; white underparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Elaine R Wilson Campbell Valley Regional Park, Langley, British Columbia 3) Eugene Beckes 4) Dan Hutcheson - California 5) Maggie Smith - California 6) Eugene_Beckes
Chickadee,_Gray-headed also Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus Found: northwest North America, Scandinvaian Europe, Asia
The Boreal Chickadee has a dark grayish-brown head with white cheeks; brown mantle; blackish wing feathers with pale fringes; black throat
Similar to: Boreal Chickadee. Gray-headed Chickadee has a grayish brown head; Boreal Chickadee has a brown head. Their ranges overlap only in Alaska and northwest Canada.
Image by: 1) Estormiz - Kittilä, Finland 2, 3) Sergey Yeliseev - Altai, Russia 4) Crotach - FinlandSimilar to: Boreal Chickadee. Gray-headed Chickadee has a grayish brown head; Boreal Chickadee has a brown head. Their ranges overlap only in Alaska and northwest Canada.
Chickadee,_Mexican Poecile sclateri Found: southwest North America, Mexico
The Mexican Chickadee has black cap, throat, bill; white cheeks; gray back, flanks; paler underparts.
Similar to: Black-capped Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee. The range of the Mexican Chickadee does not overlap with these other two species.
Image by: 1) Pablo Leautard - Mexico 2) Marcel Holyoak - southeast Arizona Similar to: Black-capped Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee. The range of the Mexican Chickadee does not overlap with these other two species.
Chickadee,_Mountain Poecile gambeli Found: west USA, west Canada
Its white eyebrows differentiate this chickadee from other species, except the white eyebrow may require closer inspection for worn adults.
Similar to: White-browed Tit. Mountain Chickadee and White-browed Tit both have white superciliums. but their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Jessi Bryan - Washington 2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 4) Alan D Wilson - Oregon Similar to: White-browed Tit. Mountain Chickadee and White-browed Tit both have white superciliums. but their ranges do not overlap.
Tit,_Marsh Poecile palustris Found: Europe, Asia
The Marsh Tit has a black crown, nape, chin; pale cheeks; brown back; grayish-brown wings, tail.
Similar to: Willow Tit. The Willow Tit is found more often in conifers than the Marsh Tit. Marsh Tit usually has browner upperparts. Voice also can be used for identification.
Image by: 1) Steffen Hannert 2) Luc Viatour 3) Slawomir Staszczuk 4) Cristiano Crolle - Cesano Maderno, Italy Similar to: Willow Tit. The Willow Tit is found more often in conifers than the Marsh Tit. Marsh Tit usually has browner upperparts. Voice also can be used for identification.
Tit,_Pere_David's Poecile davidi Found: China
The Pere David's Tit has upperparts; black head, throat; white cheeks; rusty-brown underparts.
Image by: 1) Gustav_Mutzel 2) Summer_Wong
Tit,_Sichuan Poecile weigoldicus Found; central China
Image by: 1) Dave Curtis
Tit,_Sombre Poecile lugubris Found: southeast Europe, southwest Asia
Image by: 1) Steve Raill - Bulgalia 2) Thomas Paoletti
Tit,_Songar Poecile songarus Found: southeast Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and northern China.
The Songar Tit has light brown upperparts; dark brown cap; blackish chin; white cheeks; cinnamon buff ujnderparts.
Similar to: Willow Tit. The Songar Tit is the southern counterpart of the WiIlow Tit.
Image by: 1, 2) Sergey Yeliseev - KazakhstanSimilar to: Willow Tit. The Songar Tit is the southern counterpart of the WiIlow Tit.
Tit,_White-browed Poecile superciliosus Found: southwestern China
The White-browed Tit has a black cap; white supercilium; black eye-line, chin; pale rusty brown cheeks, breast.
Similar to: Mountain Chickadee. Mountain Chickadee and White-browed Tit both have white superciliums. but their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Chong Ka - Tibet 2) Yann_Muzika 3) Dave_CurtisSimilar to: Mountain Chickadee. Mountain Chickadee and White-browed Tit both have white superciliums. but their ranges do not overlap.
Tit,_Willow Poecile montanus Found: Europe, Asia
The Willow Tit has a sooty-brown cap, nape, chin; pale cheeks; grayish-brown back, wings, tail.
Similar to: Marsh Tit. The Willow Tit is found more often in conifers than the Marsh Tit. Marsh Tit usually has browner upperparts. Voice also can be used for identification.
Similar to: Songar Tit. The Songar Tit is the southern counterpart of the WiIlow Tit.
Image by: 1) Tapio_Kaisla 2) Marek Szczepanek 3) Baresi Franco 4) Cristiano Crolle - Val Roseg,Switzerland Similar to: Marsh Tit. The Willow Tit is found more often in conifers than the Marsh Tit. Marsh Tit usually has browner upperparts. Voice also can be used for identification.
Similar to: Songar Tit. The Songar Tit is the southern counterpart of the WiIlow Tit.
Genus Pseudopodoces - 1 species
Tit,_Ground Pseudopodoces humilis Found: southwest China, northeast India
The Ground Tit has light brown upperparts; lighter gray-brown underparts; black, legs; long down-curved black bill.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2, 3) Dave_Curtis 
Genus Sittiparus
Tit,_Chestnut-bellied Sittiparus castaneoventris Found: Taiwan
The Chestnut-bellied Tit was previously a subspecies of the Varied Tit. If a "varied tit" is found in Taiwan, it is henceforth known as a Chestnut-bellied Tit.
Image by: 1)
John_and_Fish
Tit,_Varied Sittiparus varius also Cyanistes varius Found: Asia
The Varied Tit has black crown, nape, throat, upper-breast, bill; whiter streak down center of crown; white forehead, face, cheeks; bluish-gray back, wings; tail; chestnut mantle, lower breast, belly.
Image by: 1) Alpsdake 2) Hiyashi Haka 3) M Nishimura 4) LonelyShrimp
Tit,_White-fronted Sittiparus semilarvatus Found: Philippines
The White-fronted Tit has mainly glossy black plumage; white forehead, cheek.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Kuelemans 2) Pete_Morris
Genus Sylviparus - 1 species
Tit,_Yellow-browed Sylviparus modestus Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Francesco Veronesi - Bhutan 3) Dave_Curtis - Myanmar
The long-tail tits, also known as bushtits, are small and generally drab birds with moderately long tails. All but one of the species (American Bushtit) are found in Eurasia. They are active birds, moving almost constantly while they forage for insects in shrubs and trees. During non-breeding season, birds live in flocks. There are 11 species in this family.
Genus Aegithalos
Many of these tits are also known as bushtits. For example, the Black-throated Tit is also called the Black-throated BushTit.
Tit,_Black-browed also Rufous-fronted Tit Aegithalos iouschistos Found: China, India, Nepal
The Black-browed Tit has gray upperpart; reddish-brown underparts; black mask; silver bib with black streaks.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Andy_Li 3) Francesco Veronesi
Tit,_Black-throated also Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Auditi the Stargazer 2) Johnny Wee 3) Hiyashi Halso 4) Robert tdc 5) Francesco Veronesi
Tit,_Long-tailed Aegithalos caudatus Found: Europe, Asia
Image by: 1) Agustin_Povedano 2) Slawek Staszczuk 3) AndreasTrepte 4) Cristiano Crolle - Arese. Italy
Tit,_Silver-throated Aegithalos glaucogularis Found: China
The Ground Tit has light brown upperparts; lighter gray-brown underparts; black, legs; long down-curved black bill.
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Dave Fletcher
Tit,_Sooty Aegithalos fuliginosus Found: China
Image by: 1) Haller62 2) Joseph Huet 3) Jonathan_Martinez
Tit,_White-cheeked Aegithalos leucogenys Found: Afghanistan, Kashmir region, and Pakistan
Image by: 1) Haller62 2) John Gould 3) Werner Müller - Pakistan
Tit,_White-throated Aegithalos niveogularis Found: India, Nepal, and Pakistan
The White-throated Tit has white forehead, bib; dark breast-band.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) John Gould 3) Yogish_Holla
Genus Leptopoecile
The Tit-Warblers were once consider to be placed in the Sylvidae family, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA placed it with the long-tailed tits.
Tit-Warbler, Crested Leptopoecile elegans Found: China
The Crested Tit-Warbler has a green tail; blue lower back; reddish face.
Image by: 1) Nick Bray 2) Dave_Curtis
Tit-Warbler, White-browed Leptopoecile sophiae Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Imran_Shah - Pakistan 2) Ron Knight
Genus Psaltria - 1 species
Tit,_Pygmy also Pygmy Bushtit Psaltria exilis Found: Indonesia (Java)
The Pygmy Tit is the smallest member of its family and the smallest species of birds on Java.
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Lip Kee
Genus Psaltriparus - 1 species
BushTit,_American also Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Found: west North America, Central America
Similar to: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Gnatcatcher has longer bill than Bushtit. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher's back is same color as head, Bushtit's head is different color.
Similar to Oak Titmouse. Oak Titmouse has a crest on its head. Oak Titmouse back is same color as head, Bushtit's head is different color.
Image by: 1) winnu 2) Maggie Smith - California 32) eyesplash
- Vancouver, Canada 4) Charlie Westerinen - CaliforniaSimilar to Oak Titmouse. Oak Titmouse has a crest on its head. Oak Titmouse back is same color as head, Bushtit's head is different color.
1) Female (yellow eyes) 2, 3, 4) Male (dark eyes)
The Panuridae family has only one species, the Bearded Reedling. No other living species seems to be particularly closely related to it.
Genus Panurus - 1 species
Reedling, Bearded Panurus biarmicus Found: Europe, Asia
The male Bearded Reedling has a bluish-gray head; black moustache, brown mantle. Female has brown head, mantlel; lacks moustache.
Image by: 1) Bob Hall 2, 5) Smudge 9000 - Kent, England 3) Luciano Giussani 4) Francesco
Veronesi - Hungary
2) Female 3 - 5) Male
Except for the Verdin and Fire-capped Tit, the penduline tits make hanging nests. Their pendulous and elaborately woven nests have false entrances above the true entrance, these in turn lead to a false chamber. The true nesting chamber is accessed by the parent opening a hidden flap, entering and then closing the flap shut again, the two sides sealing with sticky spider webs. These false entrances are used to confuse potential predators and protect the eggs and nestlings.
Genus Anthoscopus
The genus is restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
Tit,_Gray Penduline- Anthoscopus caroli Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Alan Manson 2) Ian White3) Johann du Preez
Tit,_Mouse-colored Penduline- Anthoscopus musculus Found: Africa
Image by: 1) Dave Curtis 2) Paul Donald
Tit,_Southern Penduline- also Cape Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus minutus Found: Africa
Image by: 1, 2) Craig Adam - South Africa 3) Alan Manson - South Africa
Genus Auriparus - 1 species
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps Found: Southwestern United States
Juvenile Verdin similar to: Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Bell's Vireo
Image by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 2) Henry McLin - Arizona 3, 6) Alan D Wilson - California 4) Cletus Lee - Texas 5) Dick Daniels - Arizona 1) Juvenile 2 - 5) Female 6, 7) Male
Genus Remiz
Penduline-Tit,_Chinese- Remiz consobrinus Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2) Darren Bellerby - Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong
Tit,_Eurasian Penduline- Remiz pendulinus Found: Europe, Asia Image by: 1) Marek Szczepanek 2) Martin Mecnarowski 3) Alistair Rae 4) Cristiano Crolle - Adda River, Italy 5) Tomasz Przechlewski
Tit,_White-crowned Penduline- Remiz coronatus Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi - Uzbekistan 2) Sergey Yeliseev - Kazkhstan
