Parus nuchalis
In 3 days <5%
The white-naped tit (Machlolophus nuchalis), sometimes called white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is endemic to India where it is found in dry thorn scrub forest in two disjunct populations, in western India and southern India.
Its specific name nuchalis means 'of the nuchal, nape'. This species is hard to mistake with its contrasting black and white patterns without the grey wing coverts and back of the partly sympatric cinereous tit (Parus cinereus). This species is very patchily distributed and is considered to be Near Threatened especially because loss of its preferred acacia habitats and continuing incursion of invasive Neltuma chilensis and Lantana camara trees.
The white-naped 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.
The only pied (black-and-white) tit in India, this species has the wing-coverts, crown, sides of head, chin, throat, a ventral band running down the breast and belly to the vent black. The cheeks below the eye, the ear-coverts... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Jaipur | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-naped Tit sighting in Jaipur on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 197th most-seen of the 214 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-naped Tit in Jaipur on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Jaipur, in our data
Jaipur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-naped Tit sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-naped Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Jaipur (6 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.
