Yellow-bellied Tit

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Tokyo

In 3 days <5%

18 Verified sightings at Tokyo
33 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Yellow-bellied Tit

The yellow-bellied tit (Periparus venustulus) is a bird in the family Paridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest below 2000 meters of altitude. It is also present in urban green spaces.

Male yellow- bellied tits are very territorial, but they have a mutual respect for their neighbors. This is called the "dear- enemy" effect, since the birds respect each other's territory and want to maintain friendships.

Individuals tend to demonstrate a preference for one leg or the other ("footedness"). Yellow-bellied tit at the Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →

Sounds

Recording0:23

China · 2025

JIN Pin-Tsen · iNaturalist · CC0

Recording0:21

China · 2025

© Chengqian Zheng · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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China · 2026

© 红梅 · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Changsha 🇨🇳 China
~40%
2 Hefei 🇨🇳 China
~20%
3 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
~20%
4 Wuhan 🇨🇳 China
~20%
5 Qingdao 🇨🇳 China
~20%
6 Chengdu 🇨🇳 China
~10%
7 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
8 Chongqing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
9 Busan 🇰🇷 South Korea
~10%
10 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-bellied Tit in Tokyo?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Tit sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 200th most-seen of the 229 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-bellied Tit in Tokyo?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-bellied Tit in Tokyo on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

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

Between 5 and 8 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-bellied 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.

Is Tokyo the best place to see a Yellow-bellied Tit?

21st of 21

Of the 21 cities where we can rate Yellow-bellied Tit sightings, Tokyo ranks 21st at under 5%. The best odds are in Changsha (China, about 40%), Hefei (China, about 20%) and Nanjing (China, about 20%).

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

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-bellied Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Tokyo (18 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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