Parus cinereus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 181st most-seen of the 228 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tit in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months. That is one of Kuala Lumpur's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 160 mm in June.
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.
86th of 89
Of the 89 cities where we can rate Cinereous Tit sightings, Kuala Lumpur ranks 86th at under 5%. The best odds are in Sapporo (Japan, about 90%), Seoul (South Korea, about 90%) and Sendai (Japan, about 80%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Tit that you can see in Kuala Lumpur (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Javan Myna (about 80%), Yellow-vented Bulbul (about 80%) and Asian Glossy Starling (about 70%), 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 Kuala Lumpur (17 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.
