Chestnut-bellied Tit

Chestnut-bellied Tit

Poecile varius

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Gwangju

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

86 Verified sightings at Gwangju
364 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Chestnut-bellied Tit

The chestnut-bellied tit (Sittiparus castaneoventris) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae that is endemic to Taiwan. The chestnut-bellied tit was first described by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1863 and given the binomial name Parus castaneoventris. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the varied tit but was promoted to species status after the publication of a phylogenetic study in 2014.

The species differs from the varied tit in having underparts of a deep chestnut colour. PARUS (Taiwanese satellite family) Birding In Taiwan: Endemic subspecies of Taiwan birds - first impressions Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:45

Taiwan · 2020

© Phil Gregory · XC621455 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:11

Taiwan · 2014

© Frank Lambert · XC187697 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Uncertain0:34

Taiwan · 2021

© Chaohung Lai · XC643652 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
~30%
2 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sapporo 🇯🇵 Japan
~80%
2 Gwangju 🇰🇷 South Korea
~50%
3 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
~50%
4 Seoul 🇰🇷 South Korea
~40%
5 Busan 🇰🇷 South Korea
~30%
6 Fukuoka 🇯🇵 Japan
~30%
7 Daejeon 🇰🇷 South Korea
~30%
8 Osaka 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
9 Hiroshima 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
10 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-bellied Tit in Gwangju?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-bellied Tit sighting in Gwangju on a given day, based on 86 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 50 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Chestnut-bellied Tit in Gwangju?

September and November

In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-bellied Tit in Gwangju on a given day, against about 30% in March and May–July, the lowest months. August has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Chestnut-bellied Tit?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-bellied Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Gwangju the best place to see a Chestnut-bellied Tit?

2nd of 14

Of the 14 cities where we can rate Chestnut-bellied Tit sightings, Gwangju ranks 2nd at about 50%. The best odds are in Sapporo (Japan, about 80%).

Where does the Chestnut-bellied Tit sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-bellied Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Gwangju (86 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.

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