Parus spilonotus
Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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
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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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-cheeked Tit sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 1,469 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April–July and October
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-cheeked Tit in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, against about 20% in September, the lowest month.
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 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-cheeked Tit sightings, Doi Inthanon National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-cheeked Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Doi Inthanon National Park (1,469 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
