Parus spilonotus
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its range extends across the eastern Himalayas, southern China and Indochina.
The yellow-cheeked tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus Parus but was moved to Machlolophus after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 showed that the members of the new genus formed a distinct clade. Wikipedia →
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Hong Kong SAR China · 2024
© johnallcock · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
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Thailand · 2025
© Daan Drukker · Observation.org, Nature data from around the World · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Shanghai | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-cheeked Tit sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-cheeked Tit in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against under 5% in April to January, the lowest months. Those are among Ho Chi Minh City's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in October.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-cheeked Tit sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Yellow-cheeked Tit sightings, Ho Chi Minh City has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Hong Kong (China, under 5%) and Shanghai (China, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Yellow-cheeked Tit that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 90%), Ayeyarwady Bulbul (about 70%) and House Sparrow (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-cheeked Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Ho Chi Minh City (7 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.
