Parus cinereus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The cinereous tit or Asian tit (Parus cinereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. This species is made up of several populations that were earlier treated as subspecies of the great tit (Parus major). These birds are grey backed with white undersides. The great tit in the new sense is distinguishable by the greenish-back and yellowish underside. The distribution of this species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia. The Japanese tit was formerly treated as a separate species but is now grouped together with the cinereous tit.
The cinereous tit was formally described in 1818 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot under the binomial name Parus cinereus. He specified the type location as Batavia, now Jakarta, on the Indonesian island of Java. The cinereous tit was formerly considered as conspecific with the great tit (Parus major).
Twenty subspecies are recognised: P... Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ueno Zoological Gardens (West Garden) | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 3,114 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 324 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit in Beijing on a given day, against about 20% in June to August, the lowest months. That is one of Beijing's driest months, with almost no rain against 150 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinereous Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
39th of 89
Of the 89 cities where we can rate Cinereous Tit sightings, Beijing ranks 39th at about 40%. The best odds are in Sapporo (Japan, about 90%), Seoul (South Korea, about 90%) and Sendai (Japan, about 80%).
Same family: Paridae
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Tit that you can see in Beijing (family Paridae, Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice) are Marsh Tit (about 70%) and Yellow-bellied Tit (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinereous Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Beijing (3,114 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
